The single minded ones, the monomaniacs, are the only true achievers

Salvation by society failed the most where it promised the most, in the communist countries. But it also failed in the West. Practically no government program enacted since the 1950s in the Western world - or in the communist countries - has been successful.

There are no creeds in mathematics.

The postwar [WWII] GI Bill of Rights - and the enthusiastic response to it on the part of America's veterans - signaled the shift to the knowledge society. Future historians may consider it the most important event of the twentieth century. We are clearly in the midst of this transformation; indeed, if history is any guide, it will not be completed until 2010 or 2020. But already it has changed the political, economic and moral landscape of the world.

The new always looks so puny-so unpromising-next to the reality of the massive, ongoing business.

Change is the norm; unless an organization sees that its task is to lead change, that organization will not survive.

The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.