The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.

I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun.

When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church if I ever had impure thoughts about a girl. That very evening, I had to rush to confess my sin. And the next night, and the next. After a week, I decided religion wasn't for me.

Yoga does things with the human body that defy the imagination.

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.

I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.