War and pestilence might kill large numbers of people, but in most cases the population recovers. But lose the soil and everything goes with it.

August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad.

Nobody ever rioted for austerity.

Progress is measured by the speed at which we destroy the conditions that sustain life.

When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist.

The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians.

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

In motivating people to love and defend the natural world, an ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair.

Like other lifeforms, we [humans] exist only to replicate ourselves.

Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope.

Faced with a choice between the survival of the planet and a new set of matching tableware, most people would choose the tableware.

Hate sin. Love righteousness of God.

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.

When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.

War settles nothing.

It seems to me that what the artist sees is the simple and obvious that is invisible to everybody else.

I always admire people who have passion.

No matter where your interest lies, you will not be able to accomplish anything unless you bring your deepest devotion to it.

The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell.

Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully.

The time-honored role of the artist [is] to speak truth to power.