As always, violence created more violence [Jehane Noujaim, "Tahrir Square, Cairo: Lost and Found in the Square"].

a square is not just about light, air, proportion, and people. It must also give form to some shared notion of civic identity. [Michael Kimmelman, "Culture: Power of the Place"].

a city square that's designed on a scale to express national greatness is hostile to the human intimacy necessary for freedom's space [George Packer, "History: Influence on Humanity"].

A man really writes for an audience of about ten persons. Of course if others like it that is clear gain. But if those ten are satisfied he is content.

Problems are not the problem coping is the problem.

Ethical progress is the only cure for the damage done by scientific progress.

If the world does not please you, you can change it.

Once thing goes wrong, then the whole house of cards collapses. And there's no way you can extricate yourself. Until someone comes along to drag you out.

I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell.

so id burn this whole city down just to show you the light

We seek friendly relations with all nations. Any nation can be our friend without being any other nation's enemy.

When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen... Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.

Always throw your clubs ahead of you. That way you don't have to waste energy going back to pick them up.