All earlier pluralist societies destroyed themselves because no one took care of the common good. They abounded in communities but could not sustain community, let alone create it.

Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.

With Christianity, freedom and equality became the two basic concepts of Europe; they are themselves Europe.

Mother Teresa's numerical results were not her greatest contribution. Instead, she made the world-and especially India-conscious of compassion.

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time.

[Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.