Quotes from Russell Simmons

When you're a good giver you're a good getter.

I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, meditation has been a very big part of my freedom, because it allows me to watch all the things going on and allows me to focus.

I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world.

I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.

I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical.

As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it's the cycle of giving and getting.

When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change the industry. So I like to do things that I see clearly that are in my, you know, scope. And then, I had to figure how I get talented or smart business people around me to execute. That's what I have to do.

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur.

Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.

A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.

Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.

I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.

My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.

Don't worry what others are doing. Do you!

You have to learn to laugh all the time. It's a practice of life. It's a practice of happiness.

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." —ALBERT EINSTEIN Considering

What I learned is ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is ignorance. You can't help or contribute to this planet without knowing what's really going on.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. And finally

Some people think the plant-based, whole-foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme." —DR. CALDWELL ESSELSTYN N

Research finds that people who eat a diet rich in animal protein carry similar cancer risk to those who smoke twenty cigarettes each day." —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH I