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"The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous."
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"You create your world with your thoughts."
"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."
"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."
"But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous."
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
"Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will!"
"Television has tremendous power over our lives."
"You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear."
"Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him."
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"I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too."
"We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations."
"Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit."
"This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to rule out such a possibility in the future. Precisely this is the background to the United States' military interventions."
"All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many."
"When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept of open borders is a very selective concept, one that is not taken seriously at all in the experience of non-Europeans."
"That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way."
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