After the journey around the world, writing Hope's Edge, I began to see that it is not possible to know what's possible - and therein lies our freedom.

For me, just showing up for the traveling and writing gave me the power to overcome my fear of fear.

The notion that economic life is a distinct realm, governed by immutable laws of narrow self-interest, is giving way to a much older notion: economic life is only one strand in the rich web of human relationships.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.

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

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.