Eat by Choice, Not by Habit combines the author's humor, deep compassion for others and knowledge about food in a way that makes me eager to follow her lead toward healthy eating-and more importantly, toward a healthy attitude about eating. She aptly teaches us all to frame our food issues in a language that is both liberating and comforting.

Taking time out each day to relax and renew is essential to living well.

Do not look for joy anywhere else. It is living in you, and gives meaning to all Existence.

I believe myself capable of great things. Some days it feels as if I can't do it alone. It is nice to know I don't have to.

Joy is big. Joy lives in your own drunken electrons, billions of them, spinning and dancing without end in their own intimate Universe, longing for You.

What you want to get as a teacher is not an email or a Facebook post that says, 'I learned so much about headstands in your class'. What you want to get is 'I learned so much about myself and my life in your class'.

I don't think we find compassion. I think we become the space that compassion wants to live in.