In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.

Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesnt make a corporation a terrorist.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

We are a part of everything that is beneath us, above us, and around us. Our past is our present, our present is our future, and our future is seven generations past and present.

If we build a society based on honoring the earth, we build a society which is sustainable, and has the capacity to support all life forms.

Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.

There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.

The difference between a white man and an Indian is this- A white man wants to leave money to his children. An Indian wants to leave forests.

What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time.

The only compensation for land is land.

It's time to transition beyond our fossil fuel addiction to a just economy based on green jobs, renewable energy, and local organic food.

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego

I try to be known more for my work than for anything else.

I was as pure as the morning When I first looked on your face; I knew I never could reach you In your high, exalted place.

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

Girls, do not scrub and cook and scour until you have no time left to plant a tree, or vine or flower.

My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.

Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.

What worked yesterday is the gilded cage of tomorrow.

If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.