Paul Hawken Quotes

Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.

I am what I wanted and I want what I am.

If you have a higher reason ... than just to make money... it will bring you longer fulfillment. And it won't feel like work.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.

Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

For women, the important ingredients for happiness are to forge an identity, serve the Lord, get an education, develop your talents, serve your family, and, if possible, to have a family of your own.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'

We need a place in which we may flourish and be ourselves.

I am turning into the person I knew I would.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.

The business of living - that's your artwork, and the process of that is finding out who you are, what it all means.

I like to spread myself out. Since I was a kid, I always recognized some void.

I'm not as interested in what you make as I am in what you're passionate about. What business are you really in?

You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money.

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. It also means that without it life will be valueless.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.

I definitely feel more complete than before. There's a void you have when you don't feel you've found the other part of who you are, so I'm in a different place now and that's nice to experience.

I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.