The nation-state became powerful in the wake of the French Revolution, whereas the nation-state has become powerless in light of globalization.

You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.

You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be.

A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.

Love isn't about what we did yesterday; it's about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after

Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change. Don’t get stuck in old ideas.

Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual.

Talk and write in a way that encourages the mutual exchange of ideas and acts like a midwife to people birthing their own ideas.

The most radical thing I ever did was to stay put.

The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.

I think that deep in our hearts we know that our comforts, our conveniences are at the expense of other people.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

I do come from a strong family.

I never used to like babies. I'd always thought if a baby were more like a chimpanzee, I'd have one

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

The future of India lies in its villages

Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong, Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone, So bring it on home and it won't be long, It's getting better man!

Skating has always been a major area of interest to me.

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem