we certainly do not want to abolish power, that would be abolishing life itself, but we need a new orientation toward it.

While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.

Give your difference, welcome my difference, unify all difference in the larger whole - such is the law of growth. The unifying of difference is the eternal process of life - the creative synthesis, the highest act of creation, the at-onement.

In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note; that is the secret of the group.

we certainly do not want to abolish power, that would be abolishing life itself, but we need a new orientation toward it.

It seems to me that whereas power usually means power-over, the power of some person or group over some other person or group, it is possible to develop the conception of power-with, a jointly developed power, a co-active, not a coercive power.

Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.