Every time you take a step and walk with your fear, you'll never know the impact. But you can be certain somebody's watching, and that courage is contagious.

The good life is not about avoiding fear. Just the opposite.

What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping out other species, spoiling our nest. Yet on every continent a revolution in human dignity is emerging. It is re-knitting community and our ties to the earth. So we do have a choice. We can choose death; or we can choose life.

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

History doesn't proceed in incremental little notches.

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.

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home.