[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about.

Disorder can play a critical role in giving birth to new, higher forms of order.

[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about.

Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.

The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices what it has become.

In our daily life, we encounter people we are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying ere is so their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.

In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that.