"And how many of those mountains surrounding their famous brother enclose in their heavy wombs similar riches, as they wait for the soulless arms of the mechanical shovels to devour their insides, spiced as they would be with the inevitable human lives - the lives of the poor, unsung heroes of this battle, who die miserably in one of the thousand traps set by nature to defend its treasures, when all they want is to earn their daily bread. .."
right now....'The Prince' - Niccolo Machiavelli, great book although i shall never be a monarch, or have to become a ruler...this teaches valuable leadership lessons and the importance of planning and good judgement which all great people aspire to aquire. im hooked =)'Che Guevara - a revolutionary life', JON LEE ANDERSON, and 'The Language Instinct', Steven Pinker
"A great thing is architecture, and not all men are so equipped to try their hand at it. He who claims to be an architect must posses a lofty spirit, inexhaustible diligence, considerable learning and above all a profound capacity for judgment and great wisdom. In architecture the greatest virtue is being able to exactly judge what is necessary; building is a matter of necessity; having constructed in a suitable fashion depends on need and utility: but to construct in such a way to earn the assent of the wise without being scorned by the common people, is the undertaking of a proficient, well-informed judicious artist"- Leon Battisa Alberti