Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

Look at your company's overall performance for the past five or 10 years and compare that to other companies in your industry. Also, gather data that shows how innovation has improved other companies' performance. Use the information to demonstrate why your team needs to continually innovate to survive.

It's the most precious thing...to know absolutely where you belong. There's a whole emotional wrapping-around-of-you-here. You see the same rock, tree, road, clouds, sun – you develop a nice kind of intimacy with the world around you. To be intimate is to grow, to learn... [it] is absolutely fulfilling. Intimacy, that's my magic word for why I live here.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.