Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

If we can move together as a species, I think that there is a possibility that we can make the world a better place.

If we recognize the interconnectedness of the changes our planet needs, we become true solutionaries and our united power is unparalleled.

Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it

We need love - an awesome love grounded in the evolutionary potential for life on Earth - to become the organizing principle for human society.

Coping with the totality of Spaceship Earth and universe is ahead for all of us.

When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!

We can all be heroes, joining together in a grand mission to save those living on this little blue planet.

In 1970, as a 26 year-old, I joined in the effort in my home state of Massachusetts to organize for Earth Day. But what made the event so successful was that I was only one of about 20 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds who got involved.

Climate change demands a collective response. We can't expect other countries to act if we don't.

This world - the Western world - has failed. We must have a plan B. We're the plan B.

Since sixth grade, I've been learning that the climate is deteriorating and the planet is dying, and it is up to us to keep our planet safe.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

If we want the next generation to be born into a better world, we only have one option. And that is strong multilateralism, with the U.N. System at its core.

Securing a sustainable future will take all of us working together.

I truly believe that, together, we can create a healthier world.

You have made people listen. You have made people care, and you have taught us that whether we are poor or prosperous, we have only one world to share. You have taught young people that they do have the power to change the world.

The Congress, the Administration and the public all share a profound commitment to the rescue of our natural environment, and the preservation of the Earth as a place both habitable by and hospitable to man.

The task for us now, if we are to survive, is to build the earth.

Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people of this country. It is a cause of particular concern to young Americans, because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now if we are to prevent disaster later.

I want co-operation between nations for the salvaging of civilization, but co-operation presupposes free nations worthy of co-operation.

Had there not been the film, my name would not represent somebody that's out there fighting for the environment.

We need to teach people that the environment has a direct bearing on our own benefit.

If you look at Earth from space you see a dot, that's here. That's home. That's us. It underscores the responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.

The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we could inhabit a world we don't recognize anymore. But the most important truth is that we are capable of stopping climate change before the worst of its consequences are locked in. The solutions exist - all we need is the will to do something about it.