"Sometimes, opening up your eyes and realising what you have – no matter how little you think – helps you find yourself."

"Humanity is rich in folly, but it's hard to think of a folly more mind-bogglingly stupendous than that of transforming infinitely rich, diverse, dense jungle into desert in a few years' time for the s…"

"So, here I am, a guy in the media, Who sees it all, I have this cosmic eye, the a gift to see, the gift to speak it, the gift to say it like it is... And I tell you the way I see it, so don't expect m…"

"Why were the good days always so short? Moment to moment, day by day—each so full, and oh so lovely—and then gone forever, gone before there was a chance to absorb them properly, to really live them."

"When you look at Russia today, you have to try to imagine to yourself "What would a country look like if it was run by a former KGB agent?" — and I think what we're seeing today, with all kinds of cla…"