Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.

We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew… Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful... and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.

People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.

People are scared in this country [the US], to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful.

The worst thing that can happen to anybody in this cultural environment is to fail.

I think we have got to put fire under the feet of all kinds of people.