Miracles are great, but they're so damn unpredictable.

Systematic change requires a willingness to look on change as an opportunity.

The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will be taken over by a Central government

A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.

Society, community, family are all conserving institutions. They try to maintain stability and to prevent, or at least slow down, change. But the organization of the post-capitalist society of organizations is a destabilizer. Because its function is to put knowledge to work - on tools, processes, and products; on work; on knowledge itself - it must be organized for constant change.

No business can do everything. Even if it has the money, it will never have enough good people. It has to set priorities. The worst thing to do is a little bit of everything. This makes sure that nothing is being accomplished. It is better to pick the wrong priority than none at all.