The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.

Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes tomorrow. Originally we thought of "Tomorrow's Shoes," but I could only fit "TOMS" on the label. I had no idea everybody would want to meet him. There is no Tom; it's an idea for a better tomorrow.

When you're buying a pair of TOMS, if you don't feel like you're part of a community, then I've failed.

The most important step of all is the first step. Start something! What if that idea you have in the back of your head is a really good one, one that might end up helping tens of thousands of people? You owe it to the world ot act. Or maybe it will help only a few people: The same advice applies. If you don't do it, you are missing out on something big, and so are the people who could have been helped.

If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger - something that matters.

Make the most out of every single day you have on earth and be thankful for them.

Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don't let technology enslave you.