Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Of Constantinople

Learning to be silent is far more difficult and far more important than learning to recite prayers.

... 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.

Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end.