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

“Luxury as beauty" has nothing to do with a particular place or an object's price tag. It is seeing with eyes for beauty. Once we cut the automatic but learned connection between buying stuff and pleasure, we can actively cultivate new connections - a sense of freedom as we shed draining habits and discover new pleasures in seeing and creating beauty all around us.”

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

“I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.”

“Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not not. The real question for me, though, is whether m hope is effective, whether it produces or is just where I hide to ease my own pain.”

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

“Most of us don't live our lives with one, integrated self that meets the world, we're a whole bunch of selves. ”