There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.

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

It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.

The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.

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.

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.