Already, China's world-leading solar industry provides water heating for 35 million buildings, and India's pioneering use of rainwater harvesting brings clean water to tens of thousands of homes.

The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development

Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs.

The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has become—or else scrap it and get ready to start all over.

The bottom of the oil barrel is now visible.

Within a few decades...the United States might get 30% of its electricity from sunshine.

What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale.

Quality brings security and confidence

Be careful who you call crazy. Some of us think it's a compliment.

When every piece falls into place, it's like a dance, a delicate but powerful balancing act. The art of holding on and letting go at the same time.

The rolling stone rolls echoing from rock to rock

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Being present means being completely aware of all that is. It means you’re not in denial, you’re not pretending, and you’re not avoiding.

The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.

I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition.

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.