If you’re not failing occasionally, you’re not pushing the boundaries enough.

True progress is measured not just in profits, but in the positive impact we have on people and the planet.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

The self is not found in isolation but in relationship.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

The next green revolution won't come from a lab alone—it will come from farmers' fields around the world.