All government is cruel; for nothing is so cruel as impunity.
We have to have a revolution so that all young people grasp empathy and practice it. This is the most fundamental revolution that we have to get through.
Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.
Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing the problem or opportunity and persistent in thinking about it until you have come up with some interesting ideas that might change the pattern. It's really a mindset, not anything in the objective world - that is the problem.
What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur. It starts with the person and the idea, and then grows to the institution. All three are intertwined.
There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur
We need to teach empathy as we do literacy.
Even as a young girl, straight women loved me. Straight women like me a lot more than lesbians do. Isn't that weird?
Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?
Slasher movies are fun. You watch yourself get chopped to pieces, yet you're still alive. You see the blood on the ax and think, Holy **it, this is sick, but you kind of get over your fear of death.
Let nothing novel be introduced!