Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . . In these disturbing and distressing times, surely it's cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than it is to defend yourself against them..Justice is the surest way to get peace.

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.

We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.

Analysis is simplifying, breaking down things into parts, picking out strands and elements. Analysis is comparing unknown things with things that are known. Analysis also involves picking out relationships and putting them back together as a whole.