Occupation: Author Birth: 1940
If you need ownership and responsibility from core workers, patriarchy can't get you there..
As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters..
The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty..
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 shi….
Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth of understanding, a….
How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you're in..
Why do anything unless it is going to be great?.
We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur..
We are reluctant to let go of the belief that if I am to care for something I must control it..
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….
Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers..
Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live….
The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole..
Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and….
It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others..
...the artist treats intuition and nuance with respect and reminds us that a little madness resides in all of us. Artists give voice to feelings, to ….
If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go..
Why follow the steps of another to find out where our dreams will lead us..
Advice is unfriendly to learning, especially when it is sought. Most of the time when people seek advice, they just want to be heard. Advice at best ….
The goal is to balance a life that works with a life that counts..
The choice to worry about why we are doing something more than how we do something is risky business..