I have a little mantra: My fear grows fat on the energy I feed it. And if it grows very big, it probably happens.

If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people.

If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down.

We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require the use of force.

The arts can bring the heart to the aid of the head, the personal to the political.

When faced with world problems - like hunger, overpopulation, nuclear weapons, the arms trade - you may be among those who are overwhelmed by a feeling of "Help! What on earth can I, just one person, do about this?" Take heart. That's a sane response. It's the basis for a whole new attitude to world problems, where change at the level of the individual is more and more recognised as essential to change in huge world systems.

Change happens at the level of the individual