“We must plant trees, grow gardens instead of lawns, ride bicycles when we can and support responsible local businesses over big brands.”

“The vast and beautiful world is the home we share together.”

“The natural resources of the world do not belong to any person, organization, collective, or so-called nation.”

“The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.”

“We must seek together to address the good aspirations of people everywhere, for we are bound together through great commonality.”

“Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.”

“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”

“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”

“Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.”

“I do believe God gave me a spark of genius, but he quenched it in misery.”

“We spent as much money as we could, and got as little for it as people could make up their minds to give us. We were always more or less miserable, and most of our acquaintance were in the same con...”

“The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”

“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to und...”

“Unless institutional power reinforces the hurt and prejudice suffered by a group, it is not oppression. By definition, a person of color cannot be racist, or a woman sexist, because they do not hav...”