I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.

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I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses,...

I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses,...

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most...

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most...

I traveled enormously during the 1960's, when you measured everything by where you traveled and...

I traveled enormously during the 1960's, when you measured everything by where you traveled and...

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to...

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to...

I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.

I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the...

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the...

Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole;...

Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole;...

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped...

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped...

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures...

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures...

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which...

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which...

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth...

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth...

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing...

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing...

The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.

The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most...

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most...

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with...

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with...

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental...

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental...

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,'...

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,'...

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use...

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use...