Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived spasm of spurious prosperity

Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are

The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn to live in harmony with the Earth on a genuinely sustainable basis.

The future will be green, or not at all

If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't

We're never going to scare people into living more sustainably! We have to be able to demonstrate just how dynamic and aspirational such a world could be

Keeping people on side is a precondition of making any progress on sustainability issues

Climate change is not an environmental issue, but much more to do with security and economics

I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint and how they decide to procreate and how many children they think are appropriate.

We are now running out of time, and the question now is not what is happening to the climate, but how bad will it be before the world starts doing enough?

Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world.

You have made the moon, " The Jester said. "That is the moon.

The absence of dissent does not necessarily imply acceptance

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.

The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

To be a liberal one doesn't have to be a wastrel.

The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.