Beauty exists irrespective of financial circumstances.

Democracy is not what we have. It is what we do.

My path has not been smooth. But the great thing about getting to be an elder is that you can look back and see the intense times of confusion and challenge, and see that if you keep walking through them, they can lead to times of great satisfaction and reward.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

If we cannot know what's possible, then we are free to do that which is pulling our hearts and that which is life serving.

I believe it is possible that we can turn today's breakdown into a planetary breakthrough on one condition. We can do it if we can break free of a set of dominant but misleading ideas that are taking us down.

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.