Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

Most things remain undone. Glorious future!

Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes; once gone is gone for good.

Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.

Happiness is not reaching your goal. Happiness is being on the way.

The word impossible has been and must remain deleted from our dictionary.

Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity.

What is life if not laughter and love, caring and compassion, fresh bread and crisp radishes?

I have this rage that I can't explain. It's sad.

Consciousness is the materia poetica that Shakespeare sculpts as Michelangelo sculpts marble. We feel the consciousness of Hamlet or Iago, and our own consciousness strangely expands.

Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

We are ourselves our happiness.

Of course a certain number of scientists have to go mad, just to keep the tradition alive.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

For my prom I really wanted to wear a bright color - something that was going to pop and stand out.

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.