What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster.

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process.

We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that we need to know.

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later.

We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas.

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees.

The Scriptures are words of great encouragement.

When the last leaf falls, what will die within us?

Be the woman who falls so deeply in love with herself that nothing can stop her from loving all of life!

Try to see what’s in front of you instead of what’s behind.

Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.

The United States must lead the world in reversing climate change. We can do that.

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.

falsehood is not more unjustifiable than unsafe.

How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.

There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?