It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum.

Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich.

Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act.

Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break.

Natural capitalism is not about making sudden changes, uprooting institutions, or fomenting upheaval for a new social order. Natural capitalism is about making small, critical choices that can tip economic and social factors in positive ways.

It is critical to realize that underlying the extermination of nature is the marginalization of human beings. If we are to save what is wild, what is irreparable and majestic in nature, then we will ironically have to turn to each other and take care of all the human beings here on Earth. There is no boundary that will protect an environment from a suffering humanity.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them