Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children.

You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.

What Alpha offers, and what is attracting thousands of people, is permission, rare in secular culture, to discuss the big questions - life and death and their meaning.

a man was on his way to the gallows when he met another, who asked him: where are you going, my friend? and the condemned man replied: i'm not going anywhere. they're taking me by force.

you came in slowly like the fog and consumed me.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

We are all swimmers before the dawn of oxygen and earth. We all carry the memory of that breathable blue past.

The fundamental difference between books and movies is that the length of a book does not depend upon the capacity of the human bladder.

Love is not a feeling in your chest; it is bending down to wash another's feet.

The piece of equipment I'm most found off is my telescope. The other night I had a superb view of the moon.

Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.

Everything can be undone, including success.

It had a huge impact on me, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – and I was very proud when I found out that Kurt Cobain was a fan of mine. I thought he was awesome.