EARTH DAY uses one of humanity's great discoveries, the discovery of anniversaries by which, throughout time, human beings have kept their sorrows and their joys, their victories, their revelations and their obligations alive, for re-celebration and re-dedication another year, another decade, another century, another eon.

Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.

There is no greater insight into the future than recognizing...when we save our children, we save ourselves

The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams.

The United States has the power to destroy the world, but not the power to save it alone

there are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.

Everybody's suffering is mine but not everybody's murdering ... I do not distinguish for one moment whether my child is in danger or a child in central Asia. But I will not accept responsibility for what other people do because I happen to belong to that nation or that race or that religion. I do not believe in guilt by association.