First we need to decide what needs to be done. Then we do it. And then we ask if it is possible.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services.

All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself.

What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.

Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environments and social degradation.

The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, and enduring, and thus more intelligent, even competitive.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.

The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer.

You either bend, or you break. Suppress your ego to stay happy.

I was delighted to see you again, and forgot for the moment that all happiness is fleeting.

How many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?

What must the English and French think of the language of our philosophers when we Germans do not understand it ourselves?

I think we are destroying the minds of America and that has been one of my lifelong ambitions.

Do not fear the ones who argue, but rather those who are evasive.

I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

I'd just like to be able to walk without pain or run without a limp.

He's one of the best power forwards of all-time. I take my hands off to him.

The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, Thats enough guys?