When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.

Problems are solved only when we devote a great deal of attention to them and in a creative way...to have a good life, it is not enough to remove what is wrong with it. We also need a positive goal, otherwise why keep going? Creativity is one answer to that question - It provides one of the most exciting models for living.

How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depends directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday experiences. Whether we are happy depends on inner harmony, not on the controls we are able to exert over the great forces of the universe.

In large organizations the dilution of information as it passes up and down the hierarchy, and horizontally across departments, can undermine the effort to focus on common goals.

Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.

Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness.

People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.