Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy.

in a world where only a minor portion of the land is really well suited to agriculture, man is using much of the best land with dubious efficiency.

Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity.

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.

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

What gave her [Diane Wilson] the courage? If you look at someone like Diane, it's easy to say, well I could never be like that. But we don't know. We do know that it's possible for a woman, who didn't grow up as a world changer, to find it in herself to take a stand.

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