The Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh Quotes

“The morning sun
shines over the prison wall,

And drives away the shadows
and miasma of hopelessness.

A life-giving breeze
blows across the earth.

A hundred imprisoned faces
smile once more.”
― Hồ Chí Minh, Poems from the Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh

“I’ve never cared for humming verse
But what to do inside a jail?
I’ll hum some verse to pass long days
I’ll hum and wait till freedom comes.”
― Hồ Chí Minh, Poems from the Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh

“Look far ahead and ponder deeply.
Be resolute: attach and attack incessantly.
A wrong move and even your two chariots are useless;
Come the right juncture: a pawn can bring you
success.”
― Hồ Chí Minh, The Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh

“Look far ahead and ponder deeply.
Be resolute: attach and attack incessantly.
A wrong niove and even your two chariots 1 are useless;
Come the right juncture: .a pawn can bring you
success.”
― Hồ Chí Minh, The Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh

“I. With hungry mouth open like a wicked monster, Each night the irons devour the legs of people: The jaws grip the right leg of every prisoner: Only the left is free to bend and stretch.
II. Yet there is one thing stranger in this world: People rush in to place their legs in irons. Once they are shackled, they can sleep in peace. Otherwise they would have no place to layer their heads.”
― Hồ Chí Minh, Prison Diary