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.

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

We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; personally, I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.' It always means listen closely.

History doesn't proceed in incremental little notches.

A teacher told me this story some time ago: She asked her students to line up in order of how much power they thought they had relative to the others in the class, and they all fought to be last in line. They didn't want to acknowledge that they had personal power.

Approaches to growing food that align with nature changed human relationships.

There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could be the straw.