Prussianism and Socialism (1919)
“Socialism is the only political form that has democratic values.”
Source: The Death of Economics (1994), Chapter 10, Economics Revisited, p. 206
“The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential.”
"Can Europe Work? A Plan to Rescue the Union" in Foreign Affairs (September/October 1996)
No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)
New Mindset on Consciousness (1987)
Context: What is needed to break the vicious spiral is a world-wide change in attitudes, values, and social policy. As Einstein put it, "We need a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
“Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”
This evokes Will Durant's famous summation of Aristotle: "Excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
2000s, The Powell Principles (2003)
Context: If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
To Leon Goldensohn (13 March 1946). Quoted in "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
Speaking on the Radio Station Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland, as quoted in "Angela Merkel says burqa incompatible with integration in society for Muslim women" http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/angela-merkel-says-burqa-incompatible-integration-society-muslim-women-1576944 by Callum Paton, International Business Times (19 August 2016).
2016
“The only activities of true value are those which aim at inner transformation.”
Inspire Yourself
