劳伦斯·彼得（Laurence J. Peter， 1917 – 1990 ）， 加拿大的一位教育学家和“层级组织学” （hierarchiologis ），以提出彼得原理而闻名于世。彼得原理： 每个人在层级组织里都会得到晋升，直到不能胜任为止。
英汉智慧语录 English and Chinese Brainy Quotes
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
每个人在层级组织里都会得到晋升，直到不能胜任为止；即， 在一个等级制度中，每个职工趋向于上升到他所不能胜任的地位。
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
你要么引路或跟随，要么请你让路。
Going to church doesn’t make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.
去教堂不会是使你成为更像一个基督徒，就像去车库不会使你成为一辆车一样。
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.教育是一种使人获得更高程度偏见的方法。
America is a country that doesn’t know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.
美国是一个不知道自己该往哪走的国家，但决心要创造一项到达目的地的速度记录。
Prejudice is one of the world’s greatest labor-saving devices; it enables you to form an opinion without having to dig up the facts.
偏见是世界上最伟大的省力手段之一;它使你不必挖掘事实就能形成观点。
There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought
有两种失败: 一种是思考过但从去不做，另一种是去做过但事后从不思考。
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.机会均等意味着每个人都有机会成为不称职的人。
