“If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?”

“Often I'll go outside and just place my hands on the soil, even if there's no work to do on it. When I am filled with worries, I do that and I can feel the energy of the mountains and of the trees.”

“My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.”

“I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money.”

“I finally understood that I couldnt avoid working to provide for myself, but that can also be a wonderfulthing, a beautiful thing.”

“Why is it that so many people start to value money so much that they trade in most of the hours and years of their life in order to get it?”

“We are working well when we use ourselves as the fellow creatures of the plants, animals, materials, and other people we are working with. Such work is unifying, healing. It brings us home from pri...”

“My life's work is to help people step into their God-given abilities and make a positive difference in their community.”

“In a world of knowledge and expertise, fame and fortune, status and ranks....nothing has the power to affect change as much as love and compassion.”

“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary ass...”

“I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodat...”

“We risk losing what nature is if we couch its value in human terms.”

“Going green doesnt start with doing green acts it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize that with every choice you make, you are voting either for or against the...”

“All our wisdom is stored in the trees.”

“Green and living jewels drip into my eyes" from the poem "All Green and Living Things" in the book "Terra Affirmative”