Teams, not individuals, are the fundamental learning unit in modern organizations. This is where the "rubber stamp meets the road"; unless teams can learn, the organization cannot learn.

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.

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.

And why must it always be presumed that a woman's views are based on personal considerations?

Healthy people learn how to frequently adjust their thoughts to make reality comfortable and realistic.

Destiny is a stubborn maiden. She likes herself just the way she is.

A thought of #hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of #love.

The further from one another, the nearer one can be.

I started reading about people of great accomplishment … and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.

As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.

South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang.