A charity dollar has only one life; a Social Business dollar can be invested over and over again.

Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.

We prepare our students for jobs and careers, but we don't teach them to think as individuals about what kind of world they would create.

The moment you say microfinance everybody wants to help you.

Human beings have enormous resilience.

All human beings are born entrepreneurs. Some get a chance to unleash that capacity. Some never got the chance, never knew that he or she has that capacity.

If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would go for credit. Money is power. I have been arguing that credit should be accepted as a human right. If we can come up with a system which allows everybody access to credit while ensuring excellent repayment - I can give you a guarantee that poverty will not last long.