In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.

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.

How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name constellations in a fireworks display.

A dream is a kind of nocturnal drama to which the only price of admission is falling asleep.

Your success should create a path that inspires others to follow.

I'ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I'ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I'ma forgive all ya'll. I won't forget.

We are so busy and have become so complex, being simple is actually esoteric.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Even though I couldn't speak English, there were many times that my black-American parents could read my mind and I could read theirs.

It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

Satisfying ever-growing energy demand in a sustainable way has become the world's biggest challenge.