An entirely new system of thought is needed, a system based on attention to people, and not primarily attention to goods. . . .

Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree that surpasses one's enduring powers of imagination. Its inefficiency therefore remains unnoticed.

Without ... the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace.

The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

It has been universally recognized, in all authentic teachings of mankind, that every being born into this world has to work, not merely to keep himself alive, but to strive towards perfection.