Financial crises are not acts of God. They are caused by human actions and can be prevented by human actions.

Poverty is not just about income; it’s about dignity and agency.

You have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to look stupid.

Simplicity is not the absence of complexity, but the resolution of it.

可持续性不仅仅是保护环境，更是创造一个对所有人都有利的系统。

In times of crisis, true leadership is tested and revealed.

The only real poetry is the poetry of the soul.

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

Success is measured not just by profit, but by positive impact.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.