The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence .

The care leadership strategy is simple: be a model. Commit yourself to your own personal mastery. Talking about personal mastery may open people's minds somewhat, but actions always speak louder than words. There is nothing more powerful you can do to encourage others in their quest for personal mastery than to be serious in your own quest.

Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them.

People with a high level of personal mastery are able to consistently realize the results that matter most deeply to them-in effect, they approach their life as an artist would approach a work of art. The do that by becoming committed to their own lifelong learning.

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

Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

Small changes can produce big results - but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.