It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum.

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.

We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.

Waves don't think, plan and prepare to better their rise after every fall. They are pristine as they are.

Hail ye heroes! heaven-born band! Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.

Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.

More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself.

I'm a big believer in anesthesia. I think it should be used for every medical procedure, indlucing routine physicals.

What you must do, do cheerfully.

Simple messages travel faster, simpler designs reach the market faster and the elimination of clutter allows faster decision making.

The function of art is to free the spirit of man and to invigorate and enlarge his vision.

A first love always occupies a special place.