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

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

Most people...are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can't handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.

Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better

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