Change is only another word for growth, another synonym for learning.

To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.

Passion is born of vague hopes.

A consultant solves other people"s problems. I could never do that. I want to help other people solve their own problems.

There is as far as I know, no example in history, of any state voluntarily ceding power from the centre to its constituent parts.

The morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

The future is not inevitable. We can influence it, if we know what we want it to be.