The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance.

There are no absolute rules of conduct either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it by resistance to evil buy it by compromise with evil.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have for instance.

Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively from a distance and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world and at myself from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality.