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

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.

I believe it is possible that we can turn today's breakdown into a planetary breakthrough on one condition. We can do it if we can break free of a set of dominant but misleading ideas that are taking us down.

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

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.

I like to think of power back in its Latin root, its meaning comes from posse - to be able.

I think that luxury has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with beauty.