Each of us needs to eliminate our anger, fear and greed. The roots of social conflicts and political tensions are in personal anger, fear and greed.

We have to shift our attitude of ownership of nature to relationship with nature. The moment you change from ownership to relationship, you create a sense of the sacred.

The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air - to shift from craving to contentment and from greed to gratitude

Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe

We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused

Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would have no economy whatsoever

Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world

Happiness is possible only when we are kind to others and contented within.

How much I can learn from a tree! The tree is my church, the tree is my temple, the tree is my mantra, the tree is my poem and my prayer.

What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat

Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.

Her stories were made of badass women teasing monsters and running wild with dragons.

I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.

It's not showing off if you back it up.

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

What’s the use of remembering anything? If it was unpleasant it was unpleasant and if it was pleasant it’s over.

Don't do something that you'll regret later.

Did you love well what you very soon left? Come home and take me in your arms and take away this stomach ache, headache, heartache.

Every time I change the way I explain myself to myself, I have to rearrange the story of my life.

In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules.

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.