One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and spend weekends with his family. At one point he had thought about being a musician, but he said, I'm not going to do that because I'd be on the road all the time and I wouldn't be with my family.

Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.

The need for love and intimacy is a fundamental human need, as primal as the need for food, water, and air.

When most people think about my work, they think about diet. To me, diet has always been the least interesting part of it.

Meaning is malleable: take it out, you get nihilism and despair. Put it in, you get sacredness and something most special.

One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and spend weekends with his family. At one point he had thought about being a musician, but he said, I'm not going to do that because I'd be on the road all the time and I wouldn't be with my family.

Eating a vegetarian diet, walking (exercising) everyday, and meditating is considered radical. Allowing someone to slice your chest open and graft your leg veins in your heart is considered normal and conservative.