“Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.”

“It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.”

“Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital.”

“In almost any aspect of our social lives, the ability to interpret accurately the signals of body language, and to manage the impression we are giving to others, may be critical to our success, or even our survival.”

“Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom, it is an instrument through which we can exercise our freedom; yet by concentrating power in political hands, it is also a threat to freedom. Even though the men who wield this power initially be of good will and even though they be not corrupted by the power they exercise, the power will both attract and form men of a different stamp.”

“We are all mirrors for each other – let us give thanks for our button-pushers for they show us our most potent triggers!”