“As we help others, we cannot help but help ourselves.”

We decided to redefine the bottom line at Ben & Jerry’s

There is a spiritual aspect to our lives – when we give, we receive-when a business does something good for somebody, that somebody feels good about them!

Never trust a skinny ice cream man.

When business starts using its voice for the benefit of the country as a whole, not just in its narrow self interest, it can really be the force that can make the changes that need to be made.

The key to growing a business is that you need to be meeting some segment of the consumer’s needs. If you’ve got a small business and a product or service that is not popular, you simply have to change your product or service to be more popular.

Business has a responsibility to give back to the community.

I don’t believe that just because one person is born on one side of some imaginary line and another person is born on the other side means that a lot of people should be getting screwed through no fault of their own.

If you’re aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.

If we reduced the amount we spend on maintaining our nuclear weapons by a small fraction, we could reallocate those funds to improve kids’ health care and schooling.

It’s crazy that in a country where schools are falling apart, we’re spending $20 billion on nuclear weapons.

Having the equivalent of 150,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs at the ready does nothing to protect us from terrorists planning to sneak in a bomb through a cargo container.

We learned that a product doesn’t sell just because you’re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly.

When people help one another in sin and transgression, they finish by hating each other.

We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.

Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

All children in some form or another have genius; the trick is to bring it out in them.

Sometimes a little brain damage can help.