The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.

The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.

Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.

Perception is real even when it is not reality.

A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.

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.

Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.