People with high levels of personal mastery...cannot afford to choose between reason and intuition, or head and heart, any more than they would choose to walk on one leg or see with one eye.

Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.

When all is said and done, the only change that will make a difference is the transformation of the human heart.

You cannot have a learning organisation without a shared vision...A shared vision provides a compass to keep learning on course when stress develops.

An accurate, insightful view of current reality is as important as a clear vision.

It's common to say that trees come from seeds. But how can a tiny seed create a huge tree? Seeds do not contain the resources need to grow a tree. These must come from the medium or environment within which the tree grows. But the seed does provide something that is crucial : a place where the whole of the tree starts to form. As resources such as water and nutrients are drawn in, the seed organizes the process that generates growth. In a sense, the seed is a gateway through which the future possibility of the living tree emerges.

We learn together in teams. This involves a shift from a spirit of advocacy to a spirit of enquiry.