People need to eat whole food plant foods, primarily... whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. That diet supports our lives. We ought to live to be 90 or 100 without getting any diseases.

I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.

We do take seriously our responsibility, and growing ability, to educate people about healthy eating and giving them greater access to nourishing and affordable fresh food.

A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It's the most important solution.

Whole Foods has a good health care plan.

I always like to say that our brand or our philosophy has always been kind of this marriage between the 'food as indulgence, ' and it's also been about 'food as health, ' that food is vitality.

The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will always take pride in cultural heritage.

In general, when you travel, you get into a different reality and are able to more accurately reflect on your ordinary life. Hiking does that for me.

I think for any small business that's bootstrapped, the overwhelming challenge initially is getting to positive cash flow.

One of the sad things about retiring is that you just become increasingly irrelevant. The world flows around you, and you don't seem to be impacting it any longer.

There is nothing wrong with making money, but that's not particularly inspiring.

Some people say they feel very small when they think about space. I felt more expansive, very connected to the universe.

I'm sorry I didn't have this revelation earlier. I sleep better and more soundly because I'm not participating anymore.

Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.

Where doubt is, there faith has no power.

Not everybody's a great singer, but people can get better at singing. There's great singing teachers out there. It's a muscle, you just have to train it.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

Meditation is the breath of your soul. Just as breathing is the life of the body, meditation is the life of the soul.

When there's no information and the compass turns to nowhere that you know well, let your soul be your pilot.

The American dream is not over. America is an adventure.