“We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.” BelieveMeanMightFearBrainSituationResponseUncomfortableUncomfortable Situations Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; personally, I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.' It always means listen closely.” BelieveMeanMightMotivational Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“This is the first generation to know that the choices we're making have ultimate consequences. It's a time when you either choose life or you choose death ... Going along with the current order means that you're choosing death.” KnowsFirstsMeanOrderChoicesGenerationsHealthConsequenceUltimateCurrentsYou ChooseChoose Life Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“On the one hand, our social nature is our greatest beauty - it means that we have natural empathy and sympathy. But our social nature also means that we may let ourselves be controlled by the judgments of others, precisely because we care so much about our status in community.” MayMeanHandsCareSocialCommunityNaturalJudgmentEmpathyControlledJudgment Of Others Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Fear doesn't necessarily mean that we have to stop. It doesn't mean that we are failures. It doesn't mean that we are cowards.” MeanCoward Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.” BelieveHumansMeanHuman BeingsWalking Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“The good life may mean doing some things that do not feel comfortable. It may mean sitting long hours just with yourself as you begin to listen to your own questions. That was the reality for me when I was 27, and it was really terrifying.” FeelsMayMeanLongRealityHoursComfortableSittingGood LifeLong Hours Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What we do in the book my daughter Anna and I wrote, Hope's Edge, is to give people a glimpse of food as a source of nourishment, health, and community, rather than a threat. That means reconnecting with food as it comes from the Earth and with those who produce food.” PeopleGivingMeanBookEarthCommunityProduceSourceDaughterThreatEdgesMy DaughterGlimpseNourishmentAnnaReconnecting Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Individuality doesn't just mean individualism-standing alone. It means developing one's unique gifts, and being able to share them for the enjoyment of oneself and others.” MeanAbleCommunityShareUniqueStandingIndividualityOneselfDevelopingEnjoymentIndividualismStanding AloneUnique Gifts Book:Rediscovering America's Values Source: Rediscovering America's Values
“I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-woo l possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything's connected and change is the only constant.” MindMeanConstantConnectedOptimistPessimistEco Author:Frances Moore Lappé