Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an… — Paul Hawken Economic Copy Share Image
We have an economy that tells us that it is cheaper to destroy Earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and… — Paul Hawken Cheaper Copy Share Image
What a great time to be born, what a great time to be alive, because this generation gets to completely change this… — Paul Hawken Alive Copy Share Image
Yes, population is a huge problem - birth rates are too high. And in order to take care of the environment, we… — Paul Hawken Birth Copy Share Image
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the… — Paul Hawken Answers Copy Share Image
What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability. — Paul Hawken Accountability Copy Share Image
You can blame people who knock things over in the dark or you can begin to light candles. You're only at fault… — Paul Hawken Blame Copy Share Image
Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on Earth at… — Paul Hawken Accelerate Copy Share Image
I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this… — Paul Hawken Conservative Copy Share Image
There is no polite way to say that business is destroying the world. — Paul Hawken Business Copy Share Image
You can print money to bail out a bank, but you can't print life to bail out a planet. — Paul Hawken Bail Copy Share Image
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the… — Paul Hawken About Copy Share Image
Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming the most coherent and are rising to… — Paul Hawken Change Copy Share Image
Hindered by asthma since I was six weeks old, I had begun experimenting with my diet and discovered a disquieting correlation. When… — Paul Hawken Additives Copy Share Image
That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to… — Paul Hawken Age Copy Share Image
When you pollute a river, it's a supreme injustice to those who are downstream and those who live in the river who… — Paul Hawken Beings Copy Share Image
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all… — Paul Hawken Governing Copy Share Image
The promise of business is to increase the general well-being of humankind through service, a creative invention and ethical philosophy. — Paul Hawken Business Copy Share Image
We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But… — Paul Hawken Becoming Copy Share Image
We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy… — Paul Hawken Down and Copy Share Image
First we need to decide what needs to be done. Then we do it. And then we ask if it is possible. — Paul Hawken Asks Copy Share Image
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. — Paul Hawken Cynic Copy Share Image
