I laugh a lot inside and outside, and at myself sometimes.

We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.

Let us be good stewards of the Earth we inherited. All of us have to share the Earth's fragile ecosystems and precious resources, and each of us has a role to play in preserving them. If we are to go on living together on this earth, we must all be responsible for it.