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Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little.

In the industrial world we have the problem of having more productive capacity than we know what to do with. That's at the root of the unemployment crisis: we've got so productive at making things, we don't require people to be involved in making the basics of life any more. Or nearly as many people.

We are more than the work we perform. In fact, I'd say that our work is a mere representation of who we are underneath.

I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.

We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.

I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.

I don't want to say work is who I am, but some people feel more centered and more whole when they're producing and creating.