The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.

In 1969, I wrote a musical called 'Mother Earth.' It was a rock musical with an ecology theme. We did it at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California where I was a member. It was a smash hit in this small theater.

This is the game of those who deny climate change or who deny the need for sustainability. They say, 'They are going to take everything away from us. They are going to take our cars away from us. They are going to take our steaks from us. They are going to take all the things that make life nice away from us. So let's not go there.'

The Climate Risk Managers can be trained in the science and art of managing uncertain rainfall patterns leading to drought or flood.