The power of an aroused public is unbeatable.

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.

You're going to have to change the priorities of your life, if you love this planet.

Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.

It is clear to me that unless we connect directly with the earth, we will not have the faintest clue why we should save it.

The problem with addicted people, communities, corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie, cheat, or steal to get their 'fix.' Corporations are addicted to profit and governments to power.

Politics is not really politics any more. It is run, for the most part, by Madison Avenue advertising firms, who sell politicians to the public the way they sell bars of soap or cans of beer.

The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste.

Capitalism is destroying the earth.

in terms of the biology of the planet, development is a euphemism for destruction.

Every time you turn on an electric light, you are making another brainless baby.

We need to make a game out of earning money. There is so much good we can do with money. Without it, we are bound and shackled and our choices become limited.

He liked to address every man in his own language, as a good European should.

I have a deep, abiding, infatuation for words, sentences, and stories.

If your clients aren't actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn't as great as you think it is.

Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.

When things have a meaning for us, we mean (intend, propose) what we do: when they do not, we act blindly, unconsciously, unintelligently.

I lost my public self, or had it stolen. In a way, it was a form of identity theft.

People have power to make a difference in their lives.

I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special

I always have a plan, but then I'm always ready to throw the plan out, and everyone's ready to make a radical left turn if necessary.