I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.

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.

Change course, but don’t give up.

In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.

Where even ravi (the sun) cannot reach, there will go a kavi (poet)." - Vimalananda

She found herself longing for home-not just for the hotel but for New York and all the real novels that she could lose herself in there.

Our students didn’t used to come from such damaged families, ” Louis mused. “It’s true what they say. This country really is coming apart at the seams.

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

The noir universe hates do-gooders so it tries to pound them and punish them.

How do you become enlightened? Have fun, meditate, don't take yourself too seriously, brush between incarnations and have a good teacher.

If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are.