"I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification...It's these respectable people here who create those hooligans out there."

“That others grasp what I have in mind seems unessential, at least as long as they have something else in theirs.”

Source : Alexander Calder, A. S. C. Rower, Ugo Mulas, Pier Giovanni Castagnoli, Palazzo delle esposizioni (Rome, Italy) (2009). “Calder: Sculptor of Air”, 24 Ore Cultura

“What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man.”

“The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive… compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic.”

“I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.”

“If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team.”

“From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people...”

Source : Mary McCarthy (2011). “Memories Of A Catholic Girlhood”, p.15, Random House

“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.”

Source : Cormac McCarthy (2012). “All the Pretty Horses”, p.244, Pan Macmillan

“God calls us, just as he called Abraham, away from the security we knew, out of our old, familiar, little room, down the ladder of faith and into his arms. Jesus called his disciples that way - just as a lover elopes with his beloved.”