Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.

Creativity needs a bit of untidiness. Make everything too neat and there is no room for experiment.

An economy that adds value through information, ideas, and intelligence-the Three I Economy-offers a way out of the apparent clash between material growth and environmental resources.

Talent comes with an individual name tag.

Passion is born of vague hopes.

The best learning happens in real life with real problems and real people and not in classrooms.

Ordinary citizens are so accepting of what is going on, grumbling when their material interests were affected, but seemingly accepting the spiritual poverty so characteristic of today.