We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.

This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.

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

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.