Lean is a way of thinking- not a list of things to do

There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, and cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority.

Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before.

A relentless barrage of 'why’s' is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often.

The best approach is to dig out and eliminate problems where they were assumed not to exist.

The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.

Unless you change direction, you will end up where you are headed.

It's only the last turn of a bolt that tightens it - the rest is just movement.

Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress

When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is a waste. And you the customer should not have to pay for the waste.

We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System.

Right now I may not have it all, but I know my future is bright because as long as I live there is hope for my situation.

Don't think you are irreplaceable, or the world will end when you are gone

By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents

I could care less if people talk about us or not. We know what we can do here. It's an exciting time for us.

Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.

The brain upon which my experiences have been written is not a particularly good one. If their were brain-shows, as there are cat and dog shows, I doubt if it would get even a third class prize.

I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers" Sam, Linger

Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.