“Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition”

“Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet”

“Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.”

“Life's wildest moment---she kneels on the sidewalk. Everything else she does is lies, lies.”

“The moral aspect was merely a concomitant, a coverall for some deeper, almost forgotten purpose. That histoire should be story, lie and history all in one, was of a significance not to be despised. And that a story, given out as the invention of a creative artist, should be regarded as the most effective material for getting at the truth about its author, was also significant. Lies can only be imbedded in truth. They have no separate existence; they have a symbiotic relationship with truth. A good lie reveals more than the truth can ever reveal. To the one, that is, who seeks truth. To such a person there could never be cause for anger or recrimination when confronted with the lie. Not even pain, because all would be patent, naked and revelatory.”

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”

“need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires not merely need but corresponding purchasing power.”