We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.
I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.
We stopped eating meat many years ago. During the course of a Sunday lunch we happened to look out of the kitchen window at our young lambs playing happily in the fields. Glancing down at our plates, we suddenly realized that we were eating the leg of an animal who had until recently been playing in a field herself. We looked at each other and said, "Wait a minute, we love these sheep-they're such gentle creatures. So why are we eating them?" It was the last time we ever did.
Anyone who cares about the Earth - really cares - must stop eating animals.
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.
If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.
I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.
At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days. ' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.
I like big crowds. I find it easier to focus.
I want to live out principles that became a part of my life in my 40s, 50s, and 60s. One principle is the universality of freedom.
The ideal of service and the urge to practice it form the very heart of education.