Two hundred years ago, we were all busy farming and we all had a role to play. The home was a unit of production. We made food and all the things we needed, we took care of our kids and were connected to purpose in our evolution. When the Industrial Revolution came along, it took away a lot of the work the men had done.
Peter BuffettIn some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own.
Peter BuffettIt seems inevitable that you'd end up getting someone like Trump telling us all how important and amazing he is.
Peter BuffettInside any important philanthropy meeting, you witness heads of state meeting with investment managers and corporate leaders. All are searching for answers with their right hand to problems that others in the room have created with their left.
Peter BuffettThings today have become too big, too centralized, and too disassociated to be in relationship to each other.
Peter BuffettI think the antidote to any symptom borne of fear and scarcity is love. Compassion, understanding, respect, honor: all the things we need to help the world heal begin there.
Peter BuffettMy wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee.
Peter Buffett