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A Society's Competitive Advantage Will Come Not From How Well Its Schools Teach The Multiplication And Periodic Tables, But From How Well They Stimulate Imagination And Creativity.

If I Had Known They Were Going To Do This, I Would Have Become A Shoemaker.

Man Usually Avoids Attributing Cleverness To Somebody Else Unless It Is An Enemy.

Man Is, At One And The Same Time, A Solitary Being And A Social Being. As A Solitary Being, He Attempts To Protect His Own Existence And That Of Those Who Are Closest To Him, To Satisfy His Personal Desires, And To Develop His Innate Abilities. As A Social Being, He Seeks To Gain The Recognition And Affection Of His Fellow Human Beings, To Share In Their Pleasures, To Comfort Them In Their Sorrows, And To Improve Their Conditions Of Life.

The Restriction Of Knowledge To An Elite Group Destroys The Spirit Of The Society And Leads To Its Intellectual Impoverishment.