I pray that politicians, lawmakers and religious leaders have the courage to support the choices terminally ill citizens make in departing Mother Earth with dignity and love.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.

The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.

I am human because I belong, I participate, I share.

We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth.

The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year searching for more fuel. They should redirect this money toward developing clean energy solutions