Any consideration of the life and larger social existence of the modern corporate man begins and also largely ends with the effect of one all-embracing force. That is organization - the highly structured assemblage of men, and now some women, of which he is a part. It is to this, at the expense of family, friends, sex, recreation and sometimes health and effective control of alcoholic intake, that he is expected to devote his energies.

When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.

If we are concerned about our great appetite for materials, it is plausible to decrease waste, to make better use of stocks available, and to develop substitutes. But what about the appetite itself? The major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable pattern of consumption and production, particularly in industrialised countries

The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.