The lower the rank of managers, the more they know about fewer things. The higher the rank of managers, the less they know about many things.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.

It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.

We can only learn from mistakes, by identifying them, determining their source, and correcting them... people learn more from their own mistakes than from the successes of others.

Managers who don't know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure.

Every problem interacts with other problems and is therefore part of a set of interrelated problems, a system of problems. I choose to call such a system a mess.

No problem stays solved in a dynamic environment.

Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal.

Nothing is harder to topple than a fact that supports a deeply held prejudice denied by its holder.

It is the satisfaction we derive from 'going there' in contrast to the satisfaction derived from 'getting there.' Recreation provides 'the pause that refreshes.' It recreates creators.

The elimination diet:Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry.Then watch your health, and life, improve.

Live and enjoy your life today, might not be tomorrow

Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation.

Better a barefoot than none.

The grammar of a language is simply the way it combines smaller elements (such as words) into larger elements (such as sentences).

Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth.

Fancy that thou deservest to be hangedthou wilt feel it happiness to be only shot: fancy that thou deservest to be hanged ina hair halter, it will be a luxury to die in hemp.

The bee himself did not evade the schoolboy more than she evaded me, and even at this day I still stand somewhat bewildered, like the boy.

Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility.