Every child must master empathy-based ethics because the rules are changing; the less they apply the less learning them has positive impact

Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.

The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck.

We need to teach empathy as we do literacy.

The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it.

There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur

What is our job as entrepreneurs if not to change things that are crazy?

It's not to give people fish It's not to teach them how to fish It's to build a new and better fishing industry

All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

Listening is understanding. The skill of empathy is a must to be able to listen...One can listen better if one sees the whole.

Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.

The light was different here in California.

Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.

Courage is its own reward.

In a modern society people can live without hope only when kept dazed and out of breath by incessant hustling.

Success is not a goal, it's a byproduct.

It is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing. . . . It certainly is possible for a novel to be too good to be worth publishing.

Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not.

We need economic growth in Europe and we need to find a solution for the excessive interest rates that are making it difficult for many countries to get their own debt under control.

The internet becomes too arch. The clip is uploaded and reuploaded endlessly with banner headlines and crappy 3-D graphics. Stuff rots in this supposedly clinical space.

If your neighbor looks at you like they don't enjoy the key you're singing in, look right back, bless them, and keep on singing.