I would say 90 percent of my mail and phone calls are from people who want some kind of help or succor or commitment from me to do something.

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed.

Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.

The body is an inviolable limit. And you have to really hurt it before you know that.

The idea of absolute freedom is fiction. It's based on the idea of an independent self. But in fact, there's no such thing. There's no self without other people. There's no self without sunlight. There's no self without dew. And water. And bees to pollinate the food that we eat...So the idea of behaving in a way that doesn't acknowledge those reciprocal relationships is not really freedom, it's indulgence.

Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of the religious traditions of Native Americans. [Native Americans] are recognized the world over as keepers of a vital piece of the Creator's original orders, and yet they are regarded as little more than squatters at home. This book features impressive interviews, beautiful illustrations, and gives a voice to the voiceless.