We desperately need to recognise that we are the guests, not the masters, of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the costs and benefits to all people, and bound by the limits of nature herself rather than the limits of technology and consumerism.

Globalization was supposed to break down barriers between continents and bring all peoples together. But what kind of globalization do we have with over one billion people on the planet not having safe water to drink?

We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical with water! Don't waste it! We still have time to do something about this problem before it is too late.

My goal was to avoid bloodshed. But unfortunately there was some bloodshed, after all.

It's America calling the shots in everything

A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing.

I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself from this disease.