I am a Doctor, but above all else I consider myself an activist for peace, justice and care for all people.

For most of human history, we lived communally in groups, and it was part of the security and nature of groups to help each other and groom each other.

When a dream takes hold of you, what can you do? You can run with it, let it run your life, or let it go and think for the rest of your life about what might have been.

We need to start treating the patient as well as the disease.

When I hear real faithful people - whether it's a real Christian, or a real Buddhist, or a real Muslim - I hear them use the language I use for a friend. So my metaphor for God is friend.

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.

One cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the community, from the health of the world.