Ego can’t sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.

A Leader is one who ventures and takes the risks of going out ahead to show the way and whom others follow, voluntarily, because they are persuaded that the leader's path is the right one-for them, probably better than they could devise for themselves.

The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve.

For the person with creative potential there is no wholeness except in using it.

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.

The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference. The best test as a leader is: Do those served grow as persons; do they become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become leaders?

Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.