In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.

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.

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future

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

Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.