I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.

It's probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are.

Home is the place where you are most thoroughly yourself, with no pretenses.

Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.

On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.

The strongest animals on earth are plant eaters. Every creature we've enlisted to do the work we couldn't handle - the horse, donkey, elephant, camel, water buffalo, ox, yak - is an herbivore... whose huge muscles were built from plant protein, and whose strong bones got that way, and stayed that way, from grazing on grass and eating other vegetables.

I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.