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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
Enjoy your food, enjoy your life.
Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.
If you only knew who you really are, you'd be starstruck
Just remember that those things that get attention flourish.
Gandhi was a David with no material weapon.. not even a slingshot.
Yoga will always be transformationa l, even when it stops being cool.
Let other people do it their way. What other people do is irrelevant.
When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.
What I have to work with is the life that's ahead of me right this minute.
Home is the place where you are most thoroughly yourself, with no pretenses.
We all live with blinders on. They come with having a personal vantage point.
Moderation is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation.
You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age.
Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.
If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it.
My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.
Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.
Compassion in action may be the glorious possibility that could protect our crowded, polluted planet.
Your mission isn't a project to check off your list. It's a commitment to which to dedicate your life.
I'm over the hill, maybe even the whole mountain range, but I don't see it that way even one little bit.
Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.
I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
What is so priceless about being the selves we were created to grow into is that it's impossible to do it wrong.
Sometimes we get so busy pursuing our dream that we forget to notice the degree to which we're living it already.
"Make your plate look like a Christmas tree," I tell people, "mostly green with splashes of other bright colors."
'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.'
I firmly believe that everyone deserves to live within walking distance of either beauty or convenience, if not both.
Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life - my relationships, how I relate to the world.
If you don't accept yourself, you won't live fully, and if you don't live fully you'll need to get full some other way.
I could be a vegan in sackcloth and flip-flops, but I find fabulous boots with periwinkle cuffs a far preferable option.
The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
Tell the world you are a one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated.
You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.
The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?
In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility.
Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
Every year when I put away my winter clothes and get out my summer clothes, they fit. And I haven't been on a diet since the Reagan administration.
Choose your exercise using the same criteria you'd apply to choosing a date - that is, attractive to you and able to hold your interest for an hour.
Look for your brushes with the divine. Be receptive to them. When heaven knocks, open the door. Value these visits. Remember them. Expect more of them.
Being vegan is not the key to immortality. We're all going to get sick and die. But to know you're living without harming? That's the loveliest feeling.
Vegetarian is like raising a kid Mennonite. It's difficult but not that different. Raising your kid vegan is like being Amish. A totally different world.
I suppose I am one: an activist - for animals and a vegan lifestyle. I hear that word, however, and look around to see if someone is indeed referring to me.
It's probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are.
I know that as a vegan, I'm in a minority. People love their meat. It's up there with sugar and TV and maybe even coffee on the list of inalienable American rights.
Our culture has long mistrusted the body. It's been seen as a confusing blend of God's handiwork and the devil's playground. It is, rather, a vortex of intelligence.
