Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.

The real development I've seen of people in organizations, especially in big ones, comes from their being volunteers in a nonprofit organization - where you have responsibility, you see results, and you quickly learn what your values are. There is no better way to understand your strengths and discover where you belong than to volunteer in a nonprofit. That is probably the great opportunity for the social sector - and especially in its relationship to business.

The better a man is the more mistakes will he make – for the more new things he will try.

The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains.

In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

What's measured improves