Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.

I think that fear of embarrassment is the essence of the human challenge.

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.

We evolved to be problem-solvers, to create, to be choosers of our own future!

Breaking with the pack may be exactly what we should be doing. Saying "no" to the dominant culture that is trapping us in destructive ways of living might be the most life-serving thing we can do.

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.

In the late 1960s, there were alarming predictions that worldwide famine was around the corner. I wondered if humans had already lost the race, overrun the Earth's capacity. I let one question lead to the next, and unearthed information that would forever change my life: Not only is there enough food in the world to feed every man, woman, and child on Earth, there is enough to make us all chubby.