“Money destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages to outweigh all other motives, because the effort it demands of the mind is so very much less. Nothing is so clear and so simple as a row of figures.” MindHumansAbleDesireSimpleEffortClearFiguresDemandGainsRootsManageMotiveSolePenetrate Book:The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind Source: The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind
“The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors.” PurposeCompanyGainsEdgesPlanningOver ItSoleCompetitorsStrategicStrategic PlanningBusiness Plan Author:Kenichi Ohmae
“Not only America but all countries should think together about how the enormous might of the sole remaining superpower should be used. We need a leadership that is based on partnership, a leadership that unites nations and makes it possible to solve the problems of the globe together. Otherwise, we will have another Gold Rush for a superpower that wants to gain even greater advantages, that wants to gain an absolutely new position for itself. That would lead to a perverse utopia.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldCountryProblemMightTogetherAmericaUsedNationsGreaterPositionGainsAdvantageGoldSolveEnormousSolePartnershipGlobesUtopiaSuperpowerGold RushNew Position Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.” GivingHandsObjectsGainsSoleDecencyFatherlandFinanciers Author:Napoleon Bonaparte