Mess with nature and it will mess right back.

Make heroes out of the employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.

Quite apart from anything else, my experience is trying to change things for the better makes you feel better, healthier. Humans are communicative animals: when you do good in a community, the benefits eventually get back to you.

I can't bear to be around people who are bland or bored or uninterested (or to employ them).

I'm an activist and I come from a very socialist background. For me, my thinking was formed by great thought leaders. And wealth preserving wasn't part of my thinking.

Every time you buy something consider it a vote of confidence in the company that produced it.

People I work with are open to leadership that has a vision, but this vision has to be communicated clearly and persuasively, and always, always with passion.