America is not just a country, it's an idea.

To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.

(...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied to being right that later on in life you are reluctant to accept that you are ever wrong, because you are defending not the idea but your self-esteem. (...) this terror of being wrong means that people have enormous difficulties in changing ideas.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.