Life Is Fraught With Opportunities

There Never Will Be Enough For Everything While The World Goes On. The More That Is Given The More There Will Be Needed.

On 17th July There Came To Us At Potsdam The Eagerly-awaited News Of The Trial Of The Atomic Bomb In The [new] Mexican Desert. Success Beyond All Dreams Crowded This Sombre, Magnificent Venture Of Our American Allies. The Detailed Reports ... Could Leave No Doubt In The Minds Of The Very Few Who Were Informed, That We Were In The Presence Of A New Factor In Human Affairs, And Possessed Of Powers Which Were Irresistible.

To Jaw-jaw Is Always Better Than To War-war.

Don't Take 'no' For An Answer, Never Submit To Failure. Do Not Be Fobbed Off With Mere Personal Success Or Acceptance. You Will Make All Kinds Of Mistakes, But As Long As You Are Generous And True, And Also Fierce, You Cannot Hurt The World Or Events.

So Long As I Am Acting From Duty And Conviction, I Am Indifferent To Taunts And Jeers. I Think They Will Probably Do Me More Good Than Harm.