You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.

Everyone says you've got to do a foundation and legal structure to finance social change. What nonsense!

We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit the business paradigm.

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to see problems... Once you see a problem and you keep looking at it, you'll find an answer.

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.