The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.

We are reluctant to let go of the belief that if I am to care for something I must control it.

We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.

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, and from problem solving to possibility.

It is hard to learn when we think we know something.

Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and give us a saving image to personally relate to.

...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 conflict, to the prism of human experience.