If all insects disappeared, all life on earth would perish. If all humans disappeared, all life on earth would flourish.

If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.

[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.

It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.

I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution.

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

Politicians are not afraid of their mistakes, they are afraid their mistakes will not succeed

The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums of the rose of joy.

Life is only worth-while through the eyes of a believer.

And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero's Journey.

The mute grain turns to love songs when swallowed by the nightingale.

In the very act of my non-co-operation, I am seeking their co-operation in my campaign.

Of course, I believe in love. Its beautiful when it's right. My love life is like my music.

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.

I am actually the most unglamorous person on the planet. I am the most unfinished, unpolished person ever.