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"Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries."
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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."
"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."
"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."
"As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances."
"Physical action [paudgalik kriya] will give only worldly fruits; it will not go in vain. If you plant sugar cane, you will eat sweet food and if you plant bitter gourd, you will eat bitter food. Plant whichever taste appeals to you and if you want liberation [Moksha], then don't plant anything. Stop sowing seeds altogether."
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"It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large."
"But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership."
"I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics."
"I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor."
"I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other."
"Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off."
"I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics."
"It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems."
"I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated."
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