You can't change t he wor ld f rom t he rear view mir ror.

To succeed you have to believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a reality.

To me the desire to create and to have control over your own life, irrespective of the politics of the time or social structures, has always been a part of the human spirit. What I did not fully realize was that work could open the doors to my heart.

You educate people, especially young people, by stirring their passions, so you take every opportunity to grab the imagination of your employees, you get them to feel they are doing something important, that they are not a lone voice, that they are the most powerful and potent people on the planet.

I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.

the function of wealth is not to accumulate it but to give it away as productively and responsibly as you can.