We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.

You shouldn't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one.

Environmental justice [means that] no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other.

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done — or it’s about giving until it hurts.

Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.

If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.

Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.

Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable

We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the same way.

Everything that we have in actual fact does not belong to us, but to God.

If this is dying I don't think much of it.

You cannot have it both ways.

The books are the books, and a lot of the stuff is some version of your id or your ego.

Every scientist should remove the word 'impossible' from their lexicon.

The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.

Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.

There's one good thing about tight shoes; they make you forget your other troubles.

For many people, there is an almost power to be found in prayer.

He leaned down until his lips brushed her ear. “I told you to stop flinching.” And then he bit her. A slow, painless nip but there were definitely teeth involved.