We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways.

The good life is not about avoiding fear. Just the opposite.

I think we are at a new evolutionary stage. We evolved in tight-knit tribes in which we faced death if we didn't have the support of the rest of the tribe.

What we need to get right is not focusing on the fear associated with quantity - not enough, scarcity, and lack - and moving instead to a worldview that explores quality and connectedness.

Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for.

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.

There is no formula. We all must become spirited inventors. There's no single answer - not even a single starting point. Even the 'teachers' ... don't offer us the answer. They do offer us approaches, ways of thinking, possibilities we can adapt, and hope that might generate in us wholly new ideas.