This civilization is rapidly passing away, however. Let us rejoice or else lament the fact as much as everyone of us likes; but do not let us shut our eyes to it.

Innovation is the market introduction of a technical or organisational novelty, not just its invention.

At the heart of capitalism is creative destruction.

Success depends on intuition, on seeing what afterwards proves true but cannot be established at the moment.

Innovations are changes which cannot be decomposed into infinitessimal steps.

Profit is the payment you get when you take advantage of change.

The ballot is stronger than bullets.

Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going.

We always plan too much and always think too little. We resent a call to thinking and hate unfamiliar argument that does not tally with what we already believe or would like to believe.

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.

The task for parents and teachers is not to teach, it is how to inspire the people of youth to find their desire to learn.

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.

We can stick anything into the fog and make it look like a ghost.

Books are like bound dreams waiting to be released

As you can see, I'm in good health. I have no message; just tell them, please, that I went to my death quietly and in good health.

My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?

Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.

Heaven is a house full of miracles; yea, of spectacles and images of free grace.

Writing is finally a series of permissions you give yourself to be expressive in certain ways. To leap. To fly. To fail.