There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.

Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying.

There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.

A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities, maintaining the life of our bodies; shared with others it can be an occasion of joy and communion, uniting people deeply.

Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of the accepted lifeways for everyone.

I have long been convinced that families are the primary agents of social change in any society.

The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.