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When you pollute a river, it's a supreme injustice to those who are downstream and those who live in the river who are not human beings. — Paul Hawken

What we already know frames what we see, and what we see frames what we understand. — Paul Hawken

The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. — Paul Hawken

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them. — Paul Hawken

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability. — Paul Hawken

Trees are being saved because of the Kindle. — Paul Hawken

The self-owned and -operated business is the freest life in the world. — Paul Hawken

I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial. — Paul Hawken

What a great time to be born, what a great time to be alive, because this generation gets to completely change this world. — Paul Hawken

Being a good human being is good business. — Paul Hawken

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done. — Paul Hawken

Business is destroying the world, with flair, expertise, and panache. — Paul Hawken

Capitalism, as practiced, is a financially profitable, non-sustainable aberration in human development. — Paul Hawken

All is connected ... no one thing can change by itself. — Paul Hawken

In short, industrialism is over. — Paul Hawken

A local company has more accountability. — Paul Hawken

At present we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it gross domestic product. — Paul Hawken

You are Brilliant and the Earth is Hiring — Paul Hawken

Wrong is an addictive, repetitive story; Right is where the movement is. — Paul Hawken

Don't go to business school. — Paul Hawken

If there is to be an ecologically sound society, it will have to come the grass roots up, not from the top down. — Paul Hawken

First we need to decide what needs to be done. Then we do it. And then we ask if it is possible. — Paul Hawken

Mother's milk would be banned by the food safety laws of industrialized nations if it were sold as a packaged good. — Paul Hawken

Somewhere along the way to free-market capitalism, the United States became the most wasteful society on the planet. — Paul Hawken

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do, the more poverty we will create. — Paul Hawken

Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all. — Paul Hawken

Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break. — Paul Hawken

Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services. — Paul Hawken

There is no cost difference between incarceration and an Ivy League education; the main difference is curriculum. — Paul Hawken

There is no polite way to say that business is destroying the world. — Paul Hawken

Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are. — Paul Hawken

This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Civilization needs a new operating system. — Paul Hawken

It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum. — Paul Hawken

We are the only species on this planet without full employment. — Paul Hawken

Biological diversity is messy. It walks, it crawls, it swims, it swoops, it buzzes. But extinction is silent, and it has no voice other than our own. — Paul Hawken

We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it. — Paul Hawken

Don't underestimate the power of a guilty mind. Never underestimate self-shame and self-destruction. — Tim Hawken

The promise of business is to increase the general well-being of humankind through service, a creative invention and ethical philosophy. — Paul Hawken

We have an economy that tells us that it is cheaper to destroy Earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. — Paul Hawken

You can print money to bail out a bank, but you can't print life to bail out a planet. — Paul Hawken

How much harm does a company have to do before we question its right to exist? — Paul Hawken

Green business is not about tie-dyed T-shirts. It's about transforming the industrial system itself into one that looks at all the connections. — Paul Hawken

Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich — Paul Hawken