“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”

“the bad leader is he who the people despise; the good leader is he who the people praise; the great leader is he who the people say, "We did it ourselves”

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

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

“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”

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