For me hope isn't wishful thinking or blind faith about the future. It's a stance toward life - one of curiosity and humility.

Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.

On the one hand, our social nature is our greatest beauty - it means that we have natural empathy and sympathy. But our social nature also means that we may let ourselves be controlled by the judgments of others, precisely because we care so much about our status in community.

There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could be the straw.

Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our sailing will be smooth. It's not a resting point. Honest hope is movement.

in a world where only a minor portion of the land is really well suited to agriculture, man is using much of the best land with dubious efficiency.

We can choose who we bring into our lives. We can choose who will reinforce our risk taking.