Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Leadership is the capacity to turn vision into reality.

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing

Never abbreviate your dreams. Only short-hand people always do that. Their punishment is that they can't stretch far, further and forward into the future. Dream only big dreams!

Forward is forward.

If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

A bad system will beat a good person every time.

You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.

The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.

When I speak or when I offer ideas and explain how the universe seems to work from the point of view that I've understood, it seems to give people a lift - an unshackling or freeing.

It's a great big step for me to open my heart up even a little bit.

I think that when you're constructing entertainment; thrillers, horror movies, or anything that's gonna scare, they're all based on what our natural worries are.

Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.