24 Quotes by Frances Moore Lappé

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.

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

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.

I also believe that it’s almost impossible for people to change alone. We need to join with others who will push us in our thinking and challenge us to do things we didn’t believe ourselves capable of.

Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

Hope is a stance, not an assessment.

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

For me hope isn’t wishful thinking or blind faith about the future. It’s a stance toward life – one of curiosity and humility.

Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully.