If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university.

If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit

All human beings are very creative - full of potential, full of energy... So, money kind of allows them to express it... And if you're successful, you can take more money. You can expand your capacity, reach next level of capacity, and so on.

Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.

The crisis is the price for the capitalist system

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

...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.