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" Fear leads to more fear, and trust leads to more trust. "

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" When you grow up in an extended family, or in a stable neighborhood with two or three generations of families who live there, you feel seen. Not just the good things you've done, the stuff you put on your resume. You know they've seen you in your dark times, when you've messed up - but they're still there. "

" Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you're likely to go off it sooner or later. Offering a spectrum of choices is much more effective; then, you feel free and empowered. "

" I appreciate the power of a White House bully pulpit - but kids listen and learn primarily from other kids. If your son's friend tells him that the apple is better than the fries, he's more likely to listen. "

" I grew up in Texas, eating meat five times a day, and I liked meat. But I began being a vegetarian when I was 19 because I found that I felt better. "

" I'm first and foremost a scientist. "

" Knowledge and engagement are a powerful antidote to forces that often work against our kids being healthy. "

" A little humility goes a long way. "

" When you eat mindfully, by paying attention to what you eat, you get more pleasure with fewer calories. "

" Getting through the day becomes more important than living a long life when you have no one else to live for. "

" Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery. "

" Knowing that changing lifestyle changes our genes is often very motivating - not to blame, but to empower. "

" Awareness is the first step in healing. "

" There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better, and quickly. "

" Meaningful health reform needs to provide incentives for physicians and other health professionals to teach their patients healthy ways of living rather than reimbursing primarily drugs and surgical interventions. "

" Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres. "

" It costs less to eat and live more healthfully. Walking, loving, meditating, and quitting smoking are free and require no special equipment. "

" Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age and die more quickly. In simple terms, as your telomeres get shorter, your life gets shorter. "

" When we torture people, even if we win the battle, we've already lost the war for hearts and minds. Especially our own. "

" In business, when you can meet an unmet need that is this primal, even meeting it in a superficial way can create a multi-billion-dollar business - e.g., the chat rooms in AOL when it first came out, or the lounges in Starbucks, or the billion people who are on Facebook - even though these are hardly the most intimate of life experiences. "

" How you eat is as important as what you eat. If I eat mindlessly while watching television, I get all of the calories and none of the pleasure. Instead, if I eat mindfully, paying attention and savoring what I'm eating, smaller portions of food can be exquisitely satisfying. "

" The choices you make each day in your diet and lifestyle have a direct influence on how your genetic predisposition is expressed - for better and for worse. You're only as old as your genes, but how your genes are expressed may be modified by exercise, diet and lifestyle choices much more than had previously been believed - and more quickly. "

" Alas, bacon and eggs are not health foods. "

" What's personally sustainable is globally sustainable. "

" Our emotions resonate with each other - for better and for worse. "

" Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of tag - but knowing and doing are certainly different things. "

" Sometimes, people do the darkest acts in the name of helping protect their loved ones. "

" All divisions are man-made. "

" The biological mechanisms that control our health and well-being are much more dynamic - for better and for worse - than most people realize. "

" One of the reasons I'm excited by what visionary Elon Musk has done with the Tesla is to show that you can reduce global warming and drive a powerful, fun car. A cool car helps make a cooler planet. "

" You can meditate on almost anything: a prayer, song, image or word. Close your eyes; sit in a comfortable position. Take a breath, and say the word out loud, emphasizing the humming sound at the end. When you come to the end of the breath, take another one and say the word again. And so on. "