We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.

It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.

If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built.

In a democracy, you won't always get to have your way. But you should always get to have your say.

If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.

All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith.

When it gets harder to love, love harder.

The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.

Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new century. We will need champions by the truckload.

The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures.

I'm willing to forgo the cheap satisfaction of the radical pose for the deep satisfaction of radical ends.

I am going to the USA to catch sight of a wild porcupine and to give some lectures.

There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some I had been involved in.

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

Since I learned English, I've become a motormouth!

If there's ever a problem, I film it and it's no longer a problem. It's a film.

Science is too important not to be a part of popular culture.

Could I write all, the world would turn to stone.

Even if I weren't in Hollywood, I would feel pressure to look a certain way.

When your ship comes in, make sure you are willing to unload it