[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home.

[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.

I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and I would have no answer.

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.

Nature is with us if we can learn how to align with it and not break the basic laws that generate life.

What has dawned on me is that focusing on the "finite planet" frame sends a message that we have gone as far as Nature can take us and therefore we need to give power to forces outside Nature.

I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem - and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people - but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.