Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully. — Frances Moore Lappé Death Copy Share Image
We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways. — Frances Moore Lappé Action Copy Share Image
Approaches to growing food that align with nature changed human relationships. — Frances Moore Lappé Approach Copy Share Image
Beauty is created by fellow human beings, and enhanced because they are in relationship with each other. — Frances Moore Lappé Beauty Copy Share Image
Nature is with us if we can learn how to align with it and not break the basic laws that generate life. — Frances Moore Lappé Break Copy Share Image
How we frame the world - how we talk about it and define it - affects how we see things and how… — Frances Moore Lappé Frame Copy Share Image
I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are. — Frances Moore Lappé Certain Copy Share Image
Hope is not what we find in evidence, it's what we become in action. — Frances Moore Lappé Action Copy Share Image
Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind… — Frances Moore Lappé Balance Copy Share Image
Every time you take a step and walk with your fear, you'll never know the impact. But you can be certain somebody's… — Frances Moore Lappé Certain Copy Share Image
The notion that economic life is a distinct realm, governed by immutable laws of narrow self-interest, is giving way to a much… — Frances Moore Lappé Economic Copy Share Image
Engagement is the good life. What could be more exciting than getting involved in something that you care about and joining with… — Frances Moore Lappé Care Copy Share Image
The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves. — Frances Moore Lappé Causes Copy Share Image
When we say we have "hit the limits," we are saying that nature is the problem, when in fact the limits we… — Frances Moore Lappé Destruction Copy Share Image
[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do… — Frances Moore Lappé Causes Copy Share Image
[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we… — Frances Moore Lappé Believe Copy Share Image
There is no formula. We all must become spirited inventors. There's no single answer - not even a single starting point. Even… — Frances Moore Lappé Answers Copy Share Image
On the one hand, our social nature is our greatest beauty - it means that we have natural empathy and sympathy. But… — Frances Moore Lappé Beauty Copy Share Image
Despite a tenfold increase in the use of pesticides between 1947 and 1974 (in the US), crop losses due to pests have...remained… — Frances Moore Lappé Age Copy Share Image
I think of Wangari Mathai in Kenya. If she started out saying she wanted to plant 20 million trees, she would have… — Frances Moore Lappé Facts Copy Share Image
Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not… — Frances Moore Lappé Born Copy Share Image
Diane Wilson asked, "Why aren't people upset? Why aren't people protesting?" The mayor and county commissioners told her to keep quiet, and… — Frances Moore Lappé Abandoned Copy Share Image
What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing… — Frances Moore Lappé Alive Copy Share Image
“Luxury as beauty" has nothing to do with a particular place or an object's price tag. It is seeing with eyes for… — Frances Moore Lappé Beauty Copy Share Image
We evolved to be problem-solvers, to create, to be choosers of our own future! — Frances Moore Lappé Future Copy Share Image
Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want. — Frances Moore Lappé Birthday Copy Share Image
I like to think of power back in its Latin root, its meaning comes from posse - to be able. — Frances Moore Lappé Able Copy Share Image
Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity. — Frances Moore Lappé Culture Copy Share Image
The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth. — Frances Moore Lappé Direct Copy Share Image
Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men. — Frances Moore Lappé Chemicals Copy Share Image
Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. — Frances Moore Lappé Aspect Copy Share Image
I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, so I know what… — Frances Moore Lappé Compulsive Copy Share Image
Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is… — Frances Moore Lappé Decision Copy Share Image
This is the first generation to know that the choices we're making have ultimate consequences. It's a time when you either choose… — Frances Moore Lappé Choice Copy Share Image
With organic approaches, women - who have been gardeners for millennia and mothers forever - can rise because of their intimate knowledge… — Frances Moore Lappé Approach Copy Share Image
We hear, "Oh, we need to patent GMOs and develop new strains and new chemicals because Nature can't provide what we need."… — Frances Moore Lappé Chemicals Copy Share Image
We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop';… — Frances Moore Lappé Believe Copy Share Image
After the journey around the world, writing Hope's Edge, I began to see that it is not possible to know what's possible… — Frances Moore Lappé Around the world Copy Share Image
There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could… — Frances Moore Lappé Action Copy Share Image
I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and… — Frances Moore Lappé Answers Copy Share Image
![“[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home.” quote by Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/829/frances-moore-lapp-4271_causes_o-ur-greatest-contributions-to-the-cause_2367576.jpg)
![“[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.” quote by Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46c/frances-moore-lapp-4271_believe_fear-means-that-we-are-human-beings-walk_670441.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f9d/frances-moore-lapp-4271_answers_i-had-no-identity-when-i-was-27-i-was-te_718336.jpg)