You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.
When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.
The premise is simple: One economy and one environment, and they're interdependent.
War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others.
The people of the future will say, 'meat-eaters!' in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.
We're the only species that have crapped up the planet and the only species that can clean it up.
Why do people give each other flowers? To celebrate various important occasions, they’re killing living creatures? Why restrict it to plants? 'Sweetheart, let’s make up. Have this deceased squirrel.
You may my Glories and my State depose, But not my Griefes; still I am King of those.
Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.
You don't know how people are going to respond. But I would add to that, that getting your heart broken is not the worst thing and it's actually quite unavoidable. I think in some ways I had to break my father's heart and then face that in order to have a real relationship with him.