It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.

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

Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.

No longer in a relational universe, can we study anything as separate from ourselves. Our acts of observation are part of the process that brings forth the manifestation of what we are observing.

Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.

Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole.