Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.

The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed.

A single, one-dimensional way of thinking has created a monoculture of the mind. And the monoculture of the mind has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is the root of why we have pitted equity against ecology and sustainability against justice.

The art of teaching is clarity and the art of learning is to listen.

The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living.

My mother taught that if anyone needs you, you should be available to them.

Population control is not an issue involving contraceptives for third world women. It is an issue of ecological justice.