My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.

When we destroy something crated by man we call it vandalism but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.

We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live.

The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper.

California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.

The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare.

People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.

What we often fail to recognize is how efficient a vegan diet is. Less land, less water, more food for our spiraling population.

If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.

It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.

I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.

A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner

Pay attention: Are your daily choices in alignment with the life you want for yourself? If not, nothing will change.

Goal..., let's see this year how far I can reach... and the year which is comming it will be a number above the goal number.

Knowing there's one thing I still haven't told you: I now believe, by the way, that miracles can happen.

Every politician - FDR, Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama - they're all conservative by nature. They are part of the big thing and they're moving in a very constrained world.

A poet wants only one small stone on which to carve his life.

Who teaches the soul if not God?

There were creative-writin g teachers long before there were creative-writin g courses, and they were called and continue to be called editors.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.