I cannot significantly improve on the assertion that it simply is proper for us, as intelligent members of the universe, to try to look after our fellow creatures, and evil for us to do otherwise.

Trees are good for contemplation. Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the groves of olives and figs around Athens, and Buddha found enlightenment beneath a bo or peepul tree.

Trees are right at the heart of all the necessary debates: ecological, social, economic, political, moral, religious.

GMOs could really land us in trouble

I’ve never quite understood why the knuckleheads of the planet so outnumber the rest of us.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts.

Sectarian thinking is contagious and rapidly spread.

Home.” This was my mantra, my four-letter savior.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

One man's magic is another man's gluey torture session.

My mum said she remembers me asking her if she'd take me to ballet lessons when I was about two and a half. She said I could barely speak, and yet was asking for ballet lessons.

Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!