Philosophy

Seeing the Earth framed through the shuttle's small windows versus seeing it from outside was like the difference between looking at fish in an aquarium versus scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef… I was really out there, floating in it, swimming in it. I felt like a real spaceman…

Astronaut and educator who conducted spacewalks on the Hubble Space Telescope

Seeing the earth from space was just breathtaking – I cannot imagine anywhere being more beautiful, we're living on an absolute paradise. Seeing our planet from that vantage point also changed my perspective on the concept of home. I used to think of myself as a New Yorker, as an America, but now? I'm a citizen of earth first and still all those things. Now, when I think of home, I think of the earth.

Astronaut and educator who conducted spacewalks on the Hubble Space Telescope

My whole life I'd thought of Earth as this place where we're in control of our lives. I'd wake up, go to the grocery store, take my kid to a baseball game. It was this safe, stable cocoon. Now it wasn't that anymore. In space I could see the Earth in relation to the stars and the sun and the moon. The Earth is a planet. It's a spaceship. We're zipping around the universe, hurtling through the chaos of space with asteroids and black holes and everything else, and we think we're safe but, boy, we are right out there in the middle of it.

Astronaut and educator who conducted spacewalks on the Hubble Space Telescope

War teaches you that there are many different types of people, good and bad, and you have to understand that good and evil co-exist, and it's up to you to calculate your way through the world, understanding where people are rooted.

Former Navy SEAL Commander & Leadership Author

I don't think we can ever be sure of the decisions we make; but there are things we can do. Firstly; get outside help.

Co-inventor of Public-Key Cryptography & Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

I realised that what people do is, instead of figuring out the right thing to do and then doing it whether they want to or not, doing the ethical thing, what they do is they figure out what they want to do and then come up with the rationalisation for doing it, whether it's right or wrong. And we fool ourselves.

Co-inventor of Public-Key Cryptography & Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

They had a philosophy that we are not here to accumulate, but rather to provide a service to the world- to live a life of service- a service which included education.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

Our vision statement was about elevating the world from a place of mediocrity to greatness.

Founder of Lululemon Athletica, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist

I started from a position of giving, without expectation of return. I also decided that I only wanted to work with people who I loved to work with.

Founder of Lululemon Athletica, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist

Our number one instinct is survival, followed by reproduction. People started to realise that if they took care of themselves, they would live longer, have better sex and have healthier children.

Founder of Lululemon Athletica, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist

Today's business book says: business exists to maximize profit for the shareholders. I think that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life.

Founder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company

The world lacks creative imagination when it comes to mother nature- we believe that we have the power to bend nature to our desires and forget that we're vulnerable. Nature is a combination of biology, physics and chemistry- they are collectively much stronger at bending the world than we are.

Leading infectious disease epidemiologist and pandemic preparedness expert

Read a lot. Never accept current standards. Always improve yourself. And remember, you always meet twice in life.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

When you have children, you have to ask yourself what the world will look like in the next 80-100 years, because people get that old these days if everything goes well. Last but not least, as a father I see it as my responsibility to think about my actions and my motives.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

Having grown up and worked in this environment, I strongly believe there is a solution to everything as long as you are not willing to accept a status quo and constantly look for better results.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

There's a beauty in the truth which is undeniable. It's a tragedy in a way- sometimes we just need to understand what the hell we've truly lost.

British artist known for provocative conceptual and autobiographical works