Selling records is fantastic. But if you're not loving what you do, and if everybody is throwing knives at you, it can get old very fast.
Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end.
We call for an end to the killing of one another, and we denounce the violence and fanaticism that threatens life. The victory of the resurrection must be experienced as a victory of life, of brotherhood, of the future, of hope.
Taking away the peace of a people, committing every act of violence, or consenting to such acts, especially when directed against the weakest and defenseless, is a profoundly grave sin against God.
. . . the ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different interpretation of matter and the world, a new attitude of humankind toward nature, and a new understanding of how we acquire and make use of our material goods.
Learning to be silent is far more difficult and far more important than learning to recite prayers.
Man has sought to take from the natural world not only that which is necessary for his stability and survival, but often seeks to satisfy his perceived and ultimately false psychological needs, such as his need for self-display, luxuries and the like. Twenty percent of humanity consumes eighty percent of the world's wealth and is accountable for an equal percentage of the world's ecological catastrophes.
If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.
By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one's Self one becomes pure.
When the situation is serious, don't be funny; and when the situation is funny, don't be serious!
I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.