"From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change."

"The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home."

"The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals."

"If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history."

"I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

"He who seeks peace must remember that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."