I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.

When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.

[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about.

It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.

Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.

Life is a dancing mind, loving heart, caring soul, and wandering thoughts.

A picture can say a thousand words, but a sentence can paint a thousand pictures...

To withhold words is power. But to share our words with others, openly and honestly, is also power.

... it does not do to tell great people anything unpleasant.

I'm just saying it's easier to kill a cat than dispose of a car.

I look upon literature as an art, and I believe that if you misuse it or abuse it, it will leave you. It is not a thing that you can nail down and use as you want. You have to let it use you, too.

Galileo was challenged because he declared a theory to be a fact and argued with the Church about the genuine meaning of the Bible.

If I can muster up any allure in my life, at this stage, I wouldn't mind doing that.

Whatever purifies you is the right path, I will not try to define it.

Their words, like the music, had the potential to be endless.