I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.

The Earth is not dying-it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.

The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free.

Children, be worried when they call you America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they've done to the other natural resources?

The most un-American thing you can do is to stifle dissent

Every good educator knows that true teaching is to teach kids how to ask the right questions.

As I have said so often before, the long memory is the most radical idea in America...

Sing your song Dance your dance Tell your story I will Listen and remember

Chris Chandler is the best performance poet I have ever seen.

Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it.

one moment can change your life forever.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.

Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.

Let me tell you something about dying: it's not as bad as they says. it's the coming-back-to-life part that hurts.

Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry.

Our forefathers would think it's time for a revolution. This is why they revolted in the first place... They revolted against much more mild oppression.

Safety is the most basic task of all. Without sense of safety, no growth can take place. Without safety, all energy goes to defense

An album is a project with which you have to hit hard.