Humans need to feel effective - to feel that we can "make a dent," as he puts it. So the art of living is to find expressions appropriate to our own uniqueness in which we can experience effectiveness.

Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men.

We didn't evolve to be passive victims or shoppers.

Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

I had the realization that hunger is not caused by scarcity of food, it is caused by the production system and an absence of democracy throughout the world.

I don't rule anything out, and I couldn't underscore more the importance of what YES! is doing to show that there are people who are pushing the edge of hope, who are stepping into the unknown and taking risks, because that will then enable others to do the same.

[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.