Learning cannot be disassociated from action.

Perhaps for the first time in history, human-kind has the capacity to create far more information than anyone can absorb; to foster far greater interdependency than anyone can manage, and to accelerate change far faster than anyone's ability to keep pace.

Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we were never able to do.

Collaboration is vital to sustain what we call profound or really deep change, because without it, organizations are just overwhelmed by the forces of the status quo.

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

When teams are truly learning, not only are they producing extraordinary results, but the individual members are growing more rapidly than could have occurred otherwise.