A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom.

The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth.

The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.

Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.

Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.

Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy.

Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity.

Hope is a stance, not an assessment.

Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home.

Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action.

But joy is individual, and can only be experienced alone. Hell is communal, but Heaven is personal.

Whether good or bad, it was I that did the damage, and the wisest rule in life, note the aftermath and how to manage.

I'm afraid there's a big confusion in the world between nuclear power and nuclear arms.

I'm not particularly keen on pity. Pity takes something away from grief. People think they're sharing it, but really they're just taking some. I prefer to keep my grief intact.

How to overcome fear? Be around people who are fearless.

Whenever you find yourself becoming angry or jealous, try to see good quality in the person. You will suddenly be thinking a higher thought and that will elevate you.

God walking on the earth is more important than man walking on the moon.

One hour of compassionate deep listening can bring about transformation and healing.

I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.

All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.