“A well-balanced society must put people before the headlong rush for profit. Much research shows the increased productivity and happiness of people working fewer hours each week.” LifeWisdomTruthChangeReflectionProductivityContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick
“Decoupling the housing market from speculation and setting up a separate financing model would be needed. The current out-of-date corporate model needs attention.” LifeWisdomTruthChangeSocietyReflectionFinanceContemplationAttributed No SourceHousing Author:Gordon Roddick
“Investment in green technology is to be welcomed, but is it enough? It is not just about changing technologies. That has to go hand in hand with changing the way we live and work.” LifeWisdomTruthReflectionInvestmentContemplationAttributed No SourceGreen Technology Author:Gordon Roddick
“In business, we need to find a better way, but I know from bitter personal experience that when Anita and I decided to turn The Body Shop into a public company, we lost control to conservative institutions that cared little for its future.” LifeWisdomTruthBusinessIntegrityReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“We developed ethical innovations such as community trade, which involved sharing the profits from some products with the communities that produced them and running many challenging campaigns.” WisdomBusinessIntegrityEthicsCampaignsAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopAnita RoddickProfits With PrinciplesContemplation Of Nature Author:Gordon Roddick
“The moment I realised that we had made a mistake in taking The Body Shop public was about eight years after we did so. It was also the moment I felt I grew up.” LifeWisdomBusinessIntegrityReflectionEthicsAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopProfits With Principles Author:Gordon Roddick
“Take note of signs from the universe, and never forget to trust your intuition.” IntuitionReality Of LifeAttributed No SourceAttributed Author:Ndumiso Shandu
“I’m completely alone in every sense of the word.” LifePhilosophyTruthReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick, 1965
“It is equally important to grab and take hold of kindred spirits when you find them. They are few and far between, especially those who devote their lives to following their own scripts.” LifeWisdomTruthFriendshipIntegrityReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick
“What a fucking tapestry woven by mad and sensitive egos; sometimes, the flatulence of words blows the intention out the window, but it is just a few steps backwards. I get so near to getting into detail about people and things, then like a pinball machine, my thoughts bang off sideways to some other peg and hang there for a nanosecond only to be tossed on somewhere else. Where is that still, quiet place of examination?” LifeWritingWisdomTruthLiteratureReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick