Niha Quotes & Sayings

But the tripod upon which Eternity swings is composed of flesh and thought and emotion. — Frank Herbert

Can you walk the road your dream goes?
Sometimes. Sometimes I am afraid to.
Who is not.
... — Ursula K. Le Guin

In recent years, as personal memories have faded, another perspective is beginning to make a tentative appearance in China. This view acknowledges the colossal wrongs committed during the Cultural Revolution, but it begins to inquire whether perhaps Mao raised an important question, even if his answer to it proved disastrous. The problem Mao is said to have identified is the relationship of the modern state - especially the Communist state - to the people it governs. In largely agricultural - and even incipient industrial - societies, governance concerns issues within the capacity of the general public to understand. Of course, in aristocratic societies, the relevant public is limited. But whatever the formal legitimacy, some tacit consensus by those who are to carry out directives is needed - unless governance is to be entirely by imposition, which is usually unsustainable over a historic period. — Henry Kissinger

I've dedicated my life to public service, and I feel it's still a noble profession. However, I also understand it's a contact sport. — Pete Visclosky

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects. — Joseph Butler