The Captain's merit is not measured by the size of his ship, but by the immeasurable forces of the storms he has been through.

The problem with humankind is:

1. First, mankind doesn't know an absolute welfare reference level:
   welfare is all above the current level, poverty is all below,
   no matter what the current level is.
   
2. Second, mankind reproduces too easily..even if the pope doesn't agree with this statement.
3. Third, doubt is more in the heart of the wise man than in the brain of the fool.

The consequence of number 1 is that communism needed to be abolished.

The consequence of number 2 is that the rare remaining catholics risk to be considered a plague.

The consequence of number 3 is that I am not too sure about all this, but I have confidence that our democratically elected leaders will guide us on our way to paradise.

Very soon, serious people employed in serious companies won't have the time to work anymore.  I'm very serious about that because I already belong to that category.

The road to hell is paved with positive business forecasts.

The difference between man and dinosaur is that man invented Montignac before eating himself on the way to total extinction.

There are two axes in Europe: there is the order - chaos axis which runs from the north to the south, and there is the humour - seriousness axis which runs from west to east.  Belgium is in the middle of all this, and Luxembourg is the nearest neighbour, but, being more to the east, Luxembourg is more serious.

"Water always flows to the sea."  (Dutch proverb, in my experience very much appreciated by all other nations.)

Walt Disney has more influence on the education of my kids than I have.  He frightens my kids with sick stories and earns big money for it.  Let's be glad he is dead.

There will come a time in the near future that CEO's in big companies will be nominated based on their performance in box matches.  I was telling this to colleagues not long before I heard this practice actually exists already.  Unfortunately, I hadn't patented the idea, so I will have to practice my boxing a little.

University brings great wisdom and ideal organisational skills: bring your best academics together in a chicken farm, throw a corn over the fence and they will jump on it.

The paradox of Luxembourgish society: a schoolkid not mastering Luxembourgish, French and German perfectly, is a stupid kid, worth only to be sacked. An international company's general director, mastering French only, is a genius!

CORPORATE WISDOM (imported from the USA, but certainly also applicable to Europe) :

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one generation to the next, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.

But in modern business (and education and government), because heavy investment factors are taken into consideration, other strategies are often tried with dead horses, including the following:

  1. Buying a stronger whip.

  2. Changing riders.

  3. Threatening the horse with termination.

  4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.

  5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.

  6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.

  7. Reclassifying the dead horse as "living-impaired".

  8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

  9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.

10. Declaring that the dead horse carries lower overhead and therefore contributes more to the bottom line than some other horses.

11. Organising daily teleconferences with the dead horse to discuss its progress.

12. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.