I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe - but are the right thing to do.

One out of every 100 families in Vermont was a part owner of Ben and Jerry's.

When you are led by values, it doesn't cost your business, it helps your business.

It's good to stand for something, to believe in something and base your business on values.

Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role.

Business can be a source of progressive change.

Look at your business and the activities that you undertake. Then, start to think about not just your economic concerns, but about social and environmental impacts that businesses have.

Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line.

We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.

If you support the community, they will support you.

If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It's a process of innovation.

Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, "tuned the English tongue.

...with each new book of mine I have always the feeling that this time I have picked a lemon in the garden of literature.

An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

If you let culture make tolerance the preeminent virtue, pretty soon you won't have anything else.

I think many people are not seeing the change. They're really upset with the current situation. We haven't seen a major American city go up like this in quite some time.

I cannot but think it an evil sign of a people when their houses are built to last for one generation only.

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.

The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything.

The West has made people too time-conscious, not knowing where they are going but speeding to get there because time is short.

Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.