It is hard to learn when we think we know something.

How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you're in.

We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.

All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment, and from problem solving to possibility.

Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers.

The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole.

The shift in the world begins with a shift in our thinking. Shifting our thinking does not change the world, but it creates a condition where the shift in the world becomes possible.

Ones vision is not a road map but a compass.

The task of leadership is to be intentional about the way we group people and the questions that we engage them in.

If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions.

It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others.

Why?Because I am a sovereign being and I do what I desire to do as I feel led.That is all.

Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive.

Worry itself is one of the most painful conditions.

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of your life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.

The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason.

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.

The more you know the less you understand.

When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out.

If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.