Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.

The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.

Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.

We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.

Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.

It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.

Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.