In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.

If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.

It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true.

Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.

WE CAN NOT LIVE ON THIS PLANET WITH DEAD OCEANS. IF OUR OCEANS DIE, WE DIE.

A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.

What we need now is heroes - millions of them. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Almost all theological thought is anthropocentric and I just cannot buy into the anthropocentric ideology. Basically we're a bunch of conceited apes.

Follow your dreams and use your natural born talents and skills to make this a better world for tomorrow.

That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in .

It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

There’s been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it.

Genius is expansive irresistible and irresistibly expansive. If it is in you no cords can confine it.

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

I learned that in dealing with things, you spent much more time and energy in dealing with people than in dealing with things.

No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.

I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.

I have one of the original 'Ghostbusters' guns in my house.

I can live only wholly with you or not at all.

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.