A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

I believe that a religious conversion is the only way to stimulate the peoples of the industrialized nations to be willing to make sacrifices for the sake of esho funi (the oneness of self and environment). ... I wish the entire world would accept as an item of religious faith the concept of esho funi and its moral obligations.

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.