We’re seeing that business models and philanthropic models are not mutually exclusive.

Giving is a universal opportunity. Regardless of your age, profession, religion, income bracket, and background, you have the capacity to create change.

ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

Nonprofits are the intermediaries between generosity and social change.

Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements.

The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.

Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings.

Society has parted man from man, neglectful of the universal heart.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.

I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that.

I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people.

I have never cared enough about money to worry about spending it, and have been fortunate to make enough to be spoiled rotten.

I used to fear living a life untouched by God, but now, for some reason I've gone back to being afraid of cement mixers.

Your heart is the light of this world. Don't cover it with your mind.

At a certain point, the struggles with teaching and mothering and so on and so forth, those decline, those lessen.

I don't mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I'm used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.