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I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth.

When I was a boy, I was sagging my pants like everyone else. Some boys become men and continue to sag their pants because that's their form of rebellion.

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.

When you're smaller and leaner, you're not going to have that large a presence throughout the world.

Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life.

I have this feeling that the world is not in balance. And people are afraid, but we're also starting to be really brave.

Go ahead, weathercasters and reporters: Tell Americans precisely what we don't want to hear: namely, that our self-indulgent, carbon-heavy, gluttonous and disposable lifestyle is precisely what is churning up the angry response from the skies and seas.

When the world lacks muscular and wise American leadership, it devolves into total chaos, which, in turn, produces unspeakable evils.