Events Are Less Important Than Our Responses

At Exactly Fifteen Minutes Past Eight In The Morning, On August 6, 1945, Japanese Time, At The Moment When The Atomic Bomb Flashed Above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, A Clerk In The Personnel Department Of The East Asia Tin Works, Had Just Sat Down At Her Place In The Plant Office And Was Turning Her Head To Speak To The Girl At The Next Desk.

The Third Stage Was The Reaction That Came When The Body Struggled To Compensate For Its Ills - When, For Instance, The White Count Not Only Returned To Normal But Increased To Much Higher Than Normal Levels.

The Second Stage Set In Ten Or Fifteen Days After The Bombing. The Main Symptom Was Falling Hair. Diarrhoea And Fever, Which In Some Cases Went As High As 106, Came Next.

Learning Starts With Failure; The First Failure Is The Beginning Of Education.

Events Are Less Important Than Our Responses To Them.