Civil disobedience is an act of love.

What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.

Our security doesn't come from turning away from the hard stuff; it comes from the knowledge that we can handle it.

Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue this fight.

Respond to stressful times by turning towards each other, rather than away from each other.

We need actions that are really coming from people's souls.

The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice.

It's really hard to change the world when your first priority is making sure that the little world around yourself doesn't change.

Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool.

I don't think a worship of nature is necessary to mount a really strong defense of the environment.

We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power.

I want to hear you cry out in pleasure again." "All you have to do is touch me.

In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.

You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

Look what [Chinese] are doing, they're building a massive fortress against everything. A massive fortress in the South China Sea. And yet they're ripping us off.

I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.

It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such a large following, but I'm very grateful to my readers for allowing me to continue writing 10 or 12 hours a day.

[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will.

Coaches are like ducks. Calm on top, but paddling underneath. Believe me, there's a lot of leg movement.

Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.

Are you running away from something?