“We all know the leopard can’t change his stripes.”

I’m going to be focused on doing everything I possibly can to help solve the climate crisis.

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

In order to solve the climate crisis, we need to solve the democracy crisis.

Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather.

Mother Nature does not do bailouts.

Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.

Take it from me, every vote counts.

I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

Take it from me: Elections matter.

Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any … people of any religious faith in this country.

The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.

Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.

The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future.

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable…that what we take for granted may not be here for our children

As many know, the Chinese expression for “crisis” consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for “danger,” the second the symbol for “opportunity.”

Acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.

One accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.

May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you.