“As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.”

“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.”

“Once a year ask the boss, "What do I or my people do that helps you to do your job?" and "What do I or my people do that hampers you?"”

“An employer has no business with a man's personality... The task is not to change personality, but to enable a person to achieve and to perform.”

“Most innovators are successful to the extent to which they define risks and confine them.”

“To fear the worst oft cures the worst.”

“The need for a rational consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.”

“Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.”