Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience.

It is far too late and things are far too bad for pessimism.

Particularity and separability are infirmities of the mind, not characteristics of the universe.

The most abundant, least used, and most abused resource in the world is human spirit and ingenuity.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

People are not "things" to be manipulated, labeled, boxed, bought, and sold. Above all else, they are not "human resources." They are entire human beings, containing the whole of the evolving universe, limitless until we start limiting them. We must examine the concept of leading and following with new eyes. We must examine the concept of superior and subordinate with increasing skepticism. We must examine the concept of management and labor with new beliefs. And we must examine the nature of organizations that demand such distinctions with an entirely different consciousness.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping