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.

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

In a community all acts of individuals and of organizations are directly or indirectly interconnected and interdependent

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

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

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

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