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

“vision is an idle dream at best and a cynical delusion at worst - but not an achievable end”

“The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly”

“Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we never were able to do. Through learning we reperceive the world and our relationship to it. Through learning we extend our capacity to create, to be part of the generative process of life”

“Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines.”

“In the presence of greatness, pettiness disappears. In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails.”

“It is not the absence of defensiveness that characterizes learning teams but the way defensiveness is faced”