"Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience."

“Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'”

Source : "102 years later, it's a new day for dads" by Nicholas K. Geranios, www.today.com. June 1, 2012.

“Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.”

“Abu Musab al Zarqawi had such a view of holy war. More barbaric, more monstrous even than Osama bin Laden. So much so that Bin Laden opposed many of his ideas. And he did not join al Qaeda, except for one brief period after 2004 where he agreed to be badged as al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.”

“I know people who say Hollywood broke her heart, and all that, but I dont believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she adored and trusted the wrong people. She was very courageous-you know the book Twelve Against the Gods? Marilyn was like that, she had to challenge the gods at every turn.”

Source : Gavin Lambert, George Cukor, Robert Trachtenberg (2000). “On Cukor”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

“The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.”

“I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.”

“Memory is ever active, ever true. Alas, if it were only as easy to forget!”

“If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.”