"In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010."

"The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power."

"Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy problems."

"Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here."

"Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half."

"He who seeks peace must remember that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"Fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"He who seeks peace must remember that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."