"War cannot be avoided until the physical cause for its recurrence is removed and this, in the last analysis, is the vast extent of the planet on which we live. Only through annihilation of distance in every respect, as the conveyance of intelligence, transport of passengers and supplies and transmission of energy will conditions be brought about some day, insuring permanency of friendly relations. What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife… Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment…" - (Nikola Tesla, “My Inventions: the autobiography of Nikola Tesla”, Hart Bros., 1982)

"We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." - Plato (428-c. 347 BC)