Isolation is a self-defeating dream.

Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.

A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries.

Globalization is a fact of economic life

Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.

If you liked El Salvador, you're going to love Colombia. It's the same death squads, the same military aid, and the same whitewash from Washington.

We all have to be taught how to be thankful and once learned, it has to be improved and practised daily.

The pain in your muscles and the sweat in your brow after doing a work the hard and honest way make you feel proud of yourself!

I have to start loving what comes next and stop hating I won't be a part of it.

If I had a child and she was a girl, I'd hope she'd do something different from me.

He whose first emotion, on the view of an excellent work, is to undervalue or depreciate it, will never have one of his own to show.

His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything.

Gratitude develops faith. The surest path out of a slump is marked by the road sign "thank you, God."

I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious.

Pursue your dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.