"Today's consumers are eager to become loyal fans of companies that respect purposeful capitalism. They are not opposed to companies making a profit indeed, they may even be investors in these companies - but at the core, they want more empathic, enlightened corporations that seek a balance between profit and purpose."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"There is an overwhelming amount of information available to us all on the web each day, not to mention what is shared with us by our family, friends, fans, and followers. This necessitates the need to filter through all that information and to decide for ourselves where to put our attention."

"All philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might."

"It is a profound truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In the depths of adversity, courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Excessive fear is always powerless."