When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.

(...) 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.

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.

My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

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