Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

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.

There are three key questions that must/should guide you in life

If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.

Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today!

Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet...he is very easy to work for.

Perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.

I think I do a great job in the outfield.

Your highest obligation to other people is to be your highest self.

I'm sort of in this rhythm where we want to make the most of the time we have, but when it's done it will be time for it to be done.

There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.