The search for the lessons of the new science is still in progress, really in its infancy. In this realm, three is a new kind of freedom, where it is more rewarding to explore than to reach conclusions, more satisfying to wonder than to know, and more exciting to search than to stay put. Curiosity, not certainty, becomes the saving grace.

Ask what's possible, not what's wrong. Keep asking.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision.

You can’t hate someone whose story you know.