If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down.

There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts.

I have a little mantra: My fear grows fat on the energy I feed it. And if it grows very big, it probably happens.

I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.

When faced with world problems - like hunger, overpopulation, nuclear weapons, the arms trade - you may be among those who are overwhelmed by a feeling of "Help! What on earth can I, just one person, do about this?" Take heart. That's a sane response. It's the basis for a whole new attitude to world problems, where change at the level of the individual is more and more recognised as essential to change in huge world systems.

Change happens at the level of the individual

If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down.