Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate big government.

August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad.

Nobody ever rioted for austerity.

Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.

When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist.

The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians.

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair.

Like other lifeforms, we [humans] exist only to replicate ourselves.

Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope.

Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware.

Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.

When we come upon beautiful things they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space.

What kind of life are you leading where you consider ketchup fancy? "Well, we ain't rich folk, but on special occasions, I'll break out the ketchup. Grandma's birthday, make her feel special"

If you're lucky enough to have done well, then it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

The world's greatest need is preaching preachers. The Gospel is our emancipation proclamation: let's take it to the slaves of sin.

If you would rise, do so alone.

If you expect the worst from people, that's exactly what you'll get.

I have the possibility to watch Messi in training each morning, and because of what he demonstrates he is the best player in the world

There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.