The future is embedded in the present.

The bigger the world economy, the more powerful its smallest player.

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.

In a culture of electronic violence, images that once caused us to empathize with the pain and trauma of another human being, excite a momentary adrenaline rush. To be numb to another's pain - to be acculturated to violence - is one of the worst consequences our technological advances. That indifference transfers from the screen, TV, film, Internet, and electronic games to our everyday lives.

Almost all change is evolutionary, not revolutionary... expectations always travel at higher speeds.

...countries don't create economies. It is entrepreneurs and companies that create and revitalize economies. The role of the governments should be to create a nourishing environment for entrepreneurs and companies to flourish, not to get in the way of economic development.

It is in the nature of human beings to bend information in the direction of desired conclusions.