I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.

For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.

Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future.

The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.

We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.