History doesn't proceed in incremental little notches.

I don't rule anything out, and I couldn't underscore more the importance of what YES! is doing to show that there are people who are pushing the edge of hope, who are stepping into the unknown and taking risks, because that will then enable others to do the same.

The good life may mean doing some things that do not feel comfortable. It may mean sitting long hours just with yourself as you begin to listen to your own questions. That was the reality for me when I was 27, and it was really terrifying.

How we frame the world - how we talk about it and define it - affects how we see things and how we live.

What was so moving for [Diane Wilson], and also for me, is that she felt the Bay itself was like her grandmother. She said, "I don't think there's a woman alive who would give up fighting for her child, or her mother, or her grandmother."

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

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