The next generation will remake the world in a way that allows us to live in a more sustainable way, both personally and globally.

we'll have to reclaim the ward 'taxes.' Why has it become a synonym for 'evil'? I understand that no one likes to pay good money for nothing. But fire and police protection aren't nothing. ... Roads, bridges, airports, and mass transit systems aren't nothing. National parks, clean air, and clear water aren't nothing. A safe food supply, functioning schools with well-trained teachers, and well-equipped hospitals aren't vaporous apparitions either.

It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities . . .

Any time we have projects that we haven't begun or completed, they drain energy.

Success is not a straight line, it's much more of a dance and being open to possibilities.

Your clothes are an extra skin, and if you feel good in them, you radiate confidence and then the clothes are just the background. If you go out and wear the most beautiful thing but you don't feel good in it, you are not 100% present. You are worrying about the collar or the fit - the key thing for me is to be present in what I'm doing rather than worrying about my clothes.

I come from a Greek household. My mother wouldn't let the FedEx man come in without eating.