Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.

All great things have small beginnings.

The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be the organizations that discover how to tap people's commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization.

The world is made of Circles And we think in straight Lines

Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’

The key to success isn't just thinking about what we are doing but doing something about what we are thinking.

The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'What do we want to create?

Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.

Grace isn't meant to be fair, grace is meant to be good

Fascism thrives in obscurity and darkness.

Religion converts despair which destroys into resignation which submits.

Marriage ain't easy but nothing that's worth much ever is.

I just don't get if you have ever gotten offended by a joke, why would you go to a comedy club? That's where jokes happen.

A book is not an end in itself; it is only a way to touch someone - a bridge extended across a space of loneliness and obscurity - and sometimes it is a way of winning other people to our causes.

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

Remember: once you have ascertained that you are dealing with hostile intruders, the staircase becomes a free-fire zone.

I feel like I run a business although I haven't one. It's planning, planning, and planning.

If I have an agenda or a goal, no one is going to deter me from what I want to do.