Don't walk in with a colonial mindset and say, "We know your problem and we're going to fix it."
Peter BuffettThere are so many people in the communities in need and so many organizations in need. People are doing amazing, beautiful things just to keep the world from not hurting more today than yesterday.
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 BuffettWhat we have is a crisis of imagination. Albert Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same mind-set that created it.
Peter BuffettPower over seems to be driving our very young species into a ditch because it's from an old competitive, "there may not be enough" kind of framework of scarcity. Power with is thinking abundantly as opposed to fearfully. Power with is hopefully where we're going - and where we need to go as a species in order to survive.
Peter Buffett