After the journey around the world, writing Hope's Edge, I began to see that it is not possible to know what's possible - and therein lies our 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.

Religion isn't the opium of the people, it's the hypocrisy.

why do I sleep? Because I dream, and that is where I hear the best stories and find the hidden destinations of life.

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2, 000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

Friedman suggests self-differentiation is about knowing where you end and others begin.

He never leaves my side. And I know he never will.

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.

Unless our ideas are questioned, they become part of the furniture of eternity.