I think there is a danger that an environmental crisis can be used in precisely the same way as the terrorist threat can be used in terms of giving up freedom.

Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.

Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.

The task is clear: to create a culture of caretaking in which no one and nowhere is thrown away, in which the inherent value of people and all life is foundational.

When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?

We can save ourselves, but only if we let go of the myth of dominance and mastery and learn to work with nature.

The powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on that most rarefied delicacy: impunity.

I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

[On climate change:] What if it's all a hoax and we've created a better world for nothing?

Our enslavement to oil has required the repression of millions of Arab people. As they shake off their bonds, so must we.

But some secrets are too delicious not to share.

Just go with it', he thought. 'You won't figure out anything if you give in to fear'.

The longest tenured First LOVE and Greatest TEACHER, in-fact life long, is none the other, but Mother.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

People of great power wield great power, but people of lesser power or people who have fallen out of power go to jail without adequate evidence, or their bodies are found in the trunks of cars.

The Art of Vermeer must have been there on the morning of creation.

There is only that inevitable danger as long as there is lack of understanding; but the moment the individual understands, there will be no formation of religion.

A happy ending isn't really the end. It's just the place where you choose to stop telling the story.

Love one another, but let’s try not to possess one another.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.