If you pretend that business is beyond morality, that's the kind of morality you get.

Any business or enterprise that shaves away loneliness is going to last forever. And like it or not but we've got a lonely society.

A great advantage I had when I started The Body Shop was that I had never been to business school.

if companies are in business solely to make money, no consumer can fully trust what they do or say.

Retiring isn't even a word I'd understand. Taking what makes you feel alive, and everyone's looking for ways of making them feel alive, in whatever they do - relationships, business or work - and not just being a voice for a money making business.

the most powerful bodies in the world, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, are also the least democratic and inclusive.

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.