Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.

Only two things grow for the sake of growth: businesses and tumors.

I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work. It's a lousy way to live and a lousy way to work.

It is not socialist, as some of our critics contend. It isn't purely capitalist, either. It is a new way. A third way. A more humane, trusting, productive, exhilarating, and, in every sense, rewarding way.

Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.

We have absolute trust in our employees. In fact, we are partners with them.

The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just as democracy is much more cumbersome than dictatorship. But there will be few companies that can afford to ignore either of them.