“We evolved to be problem-solvers, to create, to be choosers of our own future!” Quote by Frances Moore Lappé
“I think back to when I was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1950s, during the [John] McCarthy era, with two parents who founded a Unitarian Church. We lived in a little frame house, and my bedroom was just down the hall from the kitchen. My favorite memories of childhood are of the smell of coffee wafting into my bedroom as my parents and their friends talked about the big, important things - about racism and about how to move our country to live its values.” ThinkingLittlesTwoImportantCountryBigsMovingValuesHouseParentChurchMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodRacismImportant ThingsMy FavoriteSmellCoffeeOur CountryErasKitchenHallsTexasBedroomChildhood MemoriesFortsUnitarianFavorite MemoriesUnitarian ChurchFort Worth Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.” ImportantBigsIssuesExcitedGood LifeConnectingImportant Issues Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom.” LongHas BeensPoliticalOrderNotionMissionsEngagementLong LifeDessertSpinachPolitical Engagement Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Engagement is the good life. What could be more exciting than getting involved in something that you care about and joining with others and seeing something change? What could be more thrilling?” CareSeeingInvolvedExcitingGood LifeEngagementThings ChangeThrillingJoining Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I read a book in the late 1990s called The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, by Erich Fromm, and it had a profound impact on me. Fromm takes Descartes' statement, "I think, therefore I am" and changes it to "I effect, therefore I am."” ThinkingHumansBookEffectsLateImpactProfoundStatementsAnatomyDestructivenessFromm Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Humans need to feel effective - to feel that we can "make a dent," as he puts it. So the art of living is to find expressions appropriate to our own uniqueness in which we can experience effectiveness.” NeedsFeelsHumansArtExpressionAppropriateUniquenessEffectivenessArt Of Living 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
“I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and I would have no answer.” AsksAnswersIdentityAsk MeTerrified Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“The good life is not about avoiding fear. Just the opposite.” Life IsOppositesGood LifeAvoiding Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Woody Allen is really the ultimate. I love that he believed in himself enough to do what he did. And I have that same feeling - that there's nobody that looks like me in movies, nobody would cast me as a romantic lead, but I want to do it and I feel confident that I can.” WantFeelsLooksI CanEnoughFeelingsRomanticUltimateCastsLike MeRomantic LoveWoody Author:Mindy Kaling