Hans De Keulenaer

“Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces of destruction begin with toddlers—a prize for the best Halloween costume, grades in school, gold stars—and on up through the university. On the job, people, teams, and divisions are ranked, reward for the top, punishment for the bottom. Management by Objectives, quotas, incentive pay, business plans, put together separately, division by division, cause further loss, unknown and unknowable.”
― Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

“National hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The stock market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions.”
― Paul A. Samuelson

“Formerly man had only a body and a soul. Now he needs a passport as well for without it he will not be treated like a human being.”
― Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday