"Ho Chi Minh rarely wrote about Sun Tzu, but when he did mention the ancient Chinese military strategist, he was always laudatory, and he sometimes cited his ideas as a model for the Vietnamese revolutionary movement to follow."

“The worst thing that can happen to us in an ideological struggle is to become what we are fighting.”

“It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.”

“The zoo cannot but disappoint.”

“Every age, after all, must have its own aisling and dream of a better, kinder, happier, shared world.”

Source : Michael D. Higgins (2016). “When Ideas Matter”, p.14, Head of Zeus Ltd

“I remain fearless of airplanes after 9/11. But during a trip to Los Angeles on a Boeing 767, I couldn't keep my mind from drifting: What's the largest piece of this airplane that could crash into the World Trade Center, explode out the other side, and survive intact? The landing gear? My computer battery? My belt buckle? My wedding ring?”

“The inferior complex is now extended to all Europe, save Nordics.”

Source : Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

“By choosing to hang on to your corner of freedom in even the worst situations, you can process your world with the energy of appreciation and beauty, and create an opportunity to transcend your circumstances.”

“How strange to read of a place in a book, and then stand on it, listen to the birds sing, and spit on the cobbles if you want.”