A formal and orderly conception of the whole is rarely present, perhaps even rarely possible, except to a few men of exceptional genius.

Left to themselves, people will elaborate, not simplify solutions.

To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been.

The fine art of executive decision consists in not deciding questions that are not now pertinent, in not deciding prematurely, in not making decision that cannot be made effective, and in not making decisions that others should make.

Successful cooperation in or by formal organizations is the abnormal, not the normal, condition.

A low morality will not sustain leadership long, its influence quickly vanishes, it cannot produce its own succession.

It is what we think we know that keeps us from learning.