The nation will continue to be a central pole of identification, even if more and more nations come to share common economic and political forms of organization.

It was the slave's continuing desire for recognition that was the motor which propelled history forward, not the idle complacency and unchanging self-identity of the master

In the future the optimal form of industrial organization will be neither small companies nor large ones but network structures that share the advantages of both.

If networks are to be more efficient...this will come about only on the basis of a high level of trust and the existence of shared norms of ethical behavior between network members

The desire for economic prosperity is itself not culturally determined but almost universally shared

Economic activity is carried out by individuals in organisations that require a high degree of social co-operation

To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard

For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society

A high degree of autonomy is what permits innovation, experimentation and risk taking in a bureaucracy. If the slightest mistake can end a career, then no one will ever take risks.

I think that everyone has something that they will kill for.

You can either choose to walk in light and love, or run in fear and darkness. But with the latter, you're more likely to fall.

Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.

Sometimes you can do things for others that you can't do for yourself.

Most people are sheep, and they need the support of others.

Thinking: this journey will be the axle of my life.

I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.

History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.

I spent two yours of my life being anorexic, but I would never dream of throwing up - my God!

Control is an illusion.