" The spiritual growth of my country is painfully marked with dreadful cataclysms, and all the mysterious powers until now tumultuously hidden in the Collective Unconsciousness of my people have just broken out violently. And this breaking out stirs us up to the depths of our being; it brings out many forms of intense struggle, which is the permanent impact of two conflicting forces, each evidently trying to get the upper hand of the other. Hence, fiercely, here in Vietnam ensues a bloody struggle between the Communists and the Non-Communists, between War and Peace, between the so-called Buddhists and the so-called Catholics, or, more tragically, between fathers and mothers, between brothers and sisters. "

― Phạm Công Thiện