Happiness comes from accepting the present situation, whether it is something you wish to savor as long as possible or change as quickly as you can. Neither is possible without acceptance as the starting point, because without acceptance you are living on the periphery of your life. There at the edges, you can't fully enjoy the good stuff or do anything about the rest.

"Make your plate look like a Christmas tree," I tell people, "mostly green with splashes of other bright colors."

I'm over the hill, maybe even the whole mountain range, but I don't see it that way even one little bit.

Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life - my relationships, how I relate to the world.

Moderation is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation.

We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-targeted convenience foods. Our children are capable of consuming something that grew in a garden or on a tree and never saw a deep fryer. They are capable of making it through diner at a sit-down restaurant with tablecloths and no climbing equipment. Children deserve quality nourishment.

Every person you see has stories, and every person you see has a few that would break your heart. We deserve each other's respect simply because we've survived all we have and kept going anyway.