The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one's willingness to give oneself permission. To break the mental chains that make us small because everyone tells us we cannot.

It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. That's just as true [for] education and human rights as it is for hotel or steels.

Everyone says youve got to do a foundation and legal structure to finance social change. What nonsense!

Every child must master empathy-based ethics because the rules are changing; the less they apply the less learning them has positive impact

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying. Anyone who cannot see problems around him or herself is utterly blind. All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

There are millions of people who can get things done. There are very, very few people who will change the pattern in the whole field.