Only caring individuals can restore the places we inhabit. The 'simple act of planting a tree' not only restores the places we live, but makes us whole and powerful again.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

The future belongs to those who understand that doing more with less is compassionate, prosperous, and enduring, and thus more intelligent, even competitive.

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.

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

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel better about themselves, their workers feel better, and so do their customers. I think this is equally true in the transnational corporations, but it is harder to express in those situations.

Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to more often because the owners live there and they have to show their face in town, and their kids play with other kids.