If not me, who? And if not now, when?

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos. So nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. Being at one with nature.

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'

When future generations judge those who came before them on environmental issues, they may conclude "they didn't know": let us not go down in history as the generations who knew, but didn't care

It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal ever again, for any reason.

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.

We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them. The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. Every US president has to have a war.

You cannot go to sleep with one form of economic system and wake up the next morning with another.

The time has come to choose a new direction of global development, to opt for a new civilization.

I believe I gather strength from the generations of women who came before me - that together we all hold the suffering of the world.

For a dream to die, something so tragic would have definitely gone wrong! Be careful you don’t kill your own dreams.

Why was it so unlikely that you could meet your soul mate by hitting her with your vehicle? Why was it more likely you’d meet her at your cousin’s wedding?

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

At their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and mad men.

I can easily teach people to be gardeners, and from them, once they know how to garden, you'll get a philosopher.

I admire and respect the tenacity, courage, and patience of the unenlightened in the face of so much overwhelming evidence

If there are questions then, of course, there are answers, but the final answer makes the questions seem absurd.

The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.

When I'm learning something, I am truly inspired.