There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance read more

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.

Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns read more

Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.

The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what read more

The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what he knows.

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.

Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.

Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.

Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.

Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites read more

All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.