We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

The challenge of changing our worldview is central to our times.

The chance of surviving with dignity on this planet hinges on the acquisition of a new mind.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don’t have to do anything else. We don’t have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

For every great idea, the opposite idea is also true.

There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

Man grows according to his interpretation of himself.

The things we fear most in organizations — fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances — are the primary sources of creativity.

It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

Embrace change. True success can be defined by your ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

To understand is to perceive patterns.

The first step in systems change is seeing the interconnections.

You can’t change a system unless you see the whole system.

We can't control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them!

A system is not the sum of its parts; it’s the product of their interactions.

“Leverage points” are places within a complex system where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything.

Change moves at the speed of trust

If we want to change the systems we are part of — our countries, communities, organizations, and families — we must also see and change ourselves.

You don't need to do everything. Do what calls your heart; effective action comes from love. It is unstoppable, and it is enough.

The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.

Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the Earth, the Earth heals us.

Grace happens when we act with others on behalf of our world.

When I am sharply judgmental of any other person, it's because I sense or see reflected in them some aspect of myself that I don't want to acknowledge.

No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.

Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are — or, as we are conditioned to see it.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order.

Action that springs from our interconnectedness with all beings has the power to heal and transform.