If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it'll be too little; but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time.

In many ways, the idea of resilience is a more useful concept than the idea of sustainability.

Emerging at the other end, we will not be the same as we were; we will have become more humble, more connected to the natural world, fitter, leaner, more skilled and, ultimately, wiser.

I'm not afraid of a world with less consumerism, less 'stuff' and no economic growth. I'm far more frightened of the opposite

We need to think less NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard), and more SWIMBY (Something Wonderful In My Back Yard)

The idea of the solitary hero can be quite an unhealthy one, and we need to pool our efforts and be heroic together!

Voices of Transition educates, opens minds to new possibilities and presents a new vision of how our food system could be. As a historic transition unfolds, this film is a very powerful tool.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.

I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.

Storytelling: the world's second oldest profession.

I sense a thousand strands of sorrow are sewn into an inch of my spirit.

Three days a week and Im home at the ranch in Fallbrook with my avocados.

You either have a civil society or you dont.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I only come to life when there are people watching.

Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients.