Charles III: "I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them."

Charles III: "The future of mankind can be assured only if we rediscover ways in which to live as a part of nature, not apart from her."

Charles III: "Do we want to go down in history as the people who did nothing to bring the world back from the brink in time to restore the balance when we could have done? I don't want to."

Charles III: "I'm a dangerous person because I mind about things."

Charles III: "When people are uncertain about what is right and what is wrong and anxious about being considered old-fashioned, it seems to be worse than folly that Christians are still arguing about doctrinal matters, which can only bring needless distress to a number of people."

Charles III: "All the time I feel I must justify my existence."

Charles III: "Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear."

Charles III: "There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something."

Charles III: "Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it."

Charles III: "I'm not very good at being a performing monkey."

Charles III: "On an increasingly crowded planet, humanity faces many threats - but none is greater than climate change. It magnifies every hazard and tension of our existence."

Charles III: "I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability."

Charles III: "As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration."

Charles III: "You have to some extent to do what you feel is right."

Charles III: "It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything—until, that is, it comes to climate science."

Charles III: "The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa—slightly off balance."

Charles III: "For when it comes to the air we breathe and the water we drink, there are no national boundaries. We all depend on each other—and, crucially, on each other's actions—for our weather, our food, our water and our energy."

Charles III: "Just as mankind had the power to push the world to the brink so, too, do we have the power to bring it back into balance."

Charles III: "Relationships with fathers can be such complex ones. So often, I suppose, one must long to have got on better or to have been able to talk freely about the things that matter deeply but one was too inhibited to discuss."