When we say we have "hit the limits," we are saying that nature is the problem, when in fact the limits we have hit are the limits of destruction and waste, not nature.

No society has fulfilled its democratic promise if people go hungry... If some go without food they have surely been deprived of all power. The existence of hunger belies the existence of democracy.

Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action.

The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.

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

Beauty exists irrespective of financial circumstances.

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.