There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.

I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.

You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.

But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.

Never allow evil to conquer you. But overcome evil with good deeds.

I have a congenital aversion to failure.

My verses, I cannot say poems. . . . I was following in the exquisite footsteps of Miss Millay, unhappily in my own horrible sneakers.

God is an awesome mathematician and physicist.

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

I see conflict. But the conflict is what makes it relatable. I'm conflicted; you're conflicted. I'm not perfect - nobody is. I'm just blessed to be able to express my conflict through song.

If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.

You cannot choose your battlefield, The Gods do that for you; But you can plant a standard Where a standard never flew.

The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.