Maurice Strong

The tendency is to keep doing things the way you have done them.

— Maurice Strong

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.

— Maurice Strong

I am a socialist in ideology, a capitalist in methodology.

— Maurice Strong

So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.

— Maurice Strong

We're either going to save the world or no one will be saved.

— Maurice Strong

I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.

— Maurice Strong

We're either going to save Ihe world or no one will be saved.

— Maurice Strong

I have a cow's valve in my heart.

— Maurice Strong

I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.

— Maurice Strong

We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.

— Maurice Strong

Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring this about?

— Maurice Strong

We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.

— Maurice Strong

The real goal of the Earth Charter is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments.

— Maurice Strong

We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.

— Maurice Strong

Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.

— Maurice Strong

My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people.

— Maurice Strong

My son is the main shareholder of my company, and I help him explore some of those opportunities that are related to…

— Maurice Strong

Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost…

— Maurice Strong

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not…

— Maurice Strong

We in the industrialized world make a greater difference because our ecological footprint, our impact on the condition of the environment, is…

— Maurice Strong

Most of my supporters are people who actually know me. I just continue to do the best I can and I don't…

— Maurice Strong

I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO…

— Maurice Strong

After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In…

— Maurice Strong

We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that…

— Maurice Strong

Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class…involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods,…

— Maurice Strong

The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield…

— Maurice Strong

Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current…

— Maurice Strong

What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions…

— Maurice Strong

The Earth Charter is important as an expression of the commitment of people throughout the Earth to evoke their own deepest moral,…

— Maurice Strong

Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule…

— Maurice Strong

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.

— Maurice Strong

Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money.

— Maurice Strong

Either we reduce the world's population voluntarily or nature will do this for us, but brutally

— Maurice Strong

A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.

— Maurice Strong

What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.

— Maurice Strong

It is the responsibility of each human being today to choose between the force of darkness and the force of light. We…

— Maurice Strong

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and…

— Maurice Strong

I am retired from all my official roles, but I am still very active. I have close relationships at the U.N. I…

— Maurice Strong

If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting…

— Maurice Strong

Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake... No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence…

— Maurice Strong