“Serve well your country with a true-red heart.
Defend your people with an iron will.”

— Đặng Trần Côn

Source: Chinh phụ ngâm, Lines 369–370

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Lòng hứa quốc thắm son ngăn ngắt, Sức tý dân đụng sắt trơ trơ.

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Đặng Trần Côn 14

writer 1710–1745

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“Defend your opinion only if it can be shown to be true, not because it is your opinion.”

Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer

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“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“Other people can occupy your country, they can even put you in prison, but they cannot take away your true home and your freedom.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

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Context: Your true home is in the here and the now. It is not limited by time, space, nationality, or race. Your true home is not an abstract idea. It is something you can touch and live in every moment. With mindfulness and concentration, the energies of the Buddha, you can find your true home in the full relaxation of your mind and body in the present moment. No one can take it away from you. Other people can occupy your country, they can even put you in prison, but they cannot take away your true home and your freedom.