So now the challenge is to imagine a different world where our wealth is in human relations and the things we do together, and we learn to live in balance with the rest of nature.

Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.

If all humans disappeared today ,the earth would start improving tomorrow.If all the ants disappeared today ,the earth would start dying tomorrow.

Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.

If one day I look out from my cabin's porch and see a row of windmills spinning in the distance, I won't curse them. I will praise them. It will mean we are finally getting somewhere.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.

Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.

The idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy.

I am the master of my destiny.

The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

One thing is certain. I am not afraid to act as my conscience dictates, no matter what the world may think.

I can be a receiver, a cornerback, a safety and quarterback-I can play everything.

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.

Her grief was so big and wild it terrified her, like an evil beast that had erupted from under the floorboards.

You can't shrink your way to greatness!