Multinational corporations and a market economy have transformed human beings into instruments of making money. Human beings should be the end. And money should be the means to an end.

We have to shift our attitude of ownership of nature to relationship with nature. The moment you change from ownership to relationship, you create a sense of the sacred.

The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air - to shift from craving to contentment and from greed to gratitude

Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe

We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused

Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would have no economy whatsoever

Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world

Happiness is possible only when we are kind to others and contented within.

How much I can learn from a tree! The tree is my church, the tree is my temple, the tree is my mantra, the tree is my poem and my prayer.

What we call 'economic growth' is in fact a growth in waste and a decline in the health of natural habitat

Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.

It is the garden of peace you seek, but it is not a tangible place that exists in the world — it is within. Go there, within.

The deepest reason why the Church is weak and the world is dying is that there are not enough saints. No, that's not quite honest. The reason is that WE are not saints.

Love means never having to say your are sorry

The key to finding financial freedom is to unlock your entrepreneurial intelligence, work your network and lead the time.

One hour with a child is like a ten-mile run.

America is a bunch o' bullies. Tell me what the Iraq uniform is like. Don't worry, I'll wait.

Whether one has wealth or not, no treasure exceeds the one called life.

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil.

Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything.