"We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!"

"In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise."

"Hopelessness has surprised me with patience."

"When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed."

"It is a timeless truth that to know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment."

"It is a humble truth that the richness of existence is found in simple harmonies, not superfluous splendors."

"Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being."

"There is nothing men are so generous of as advice."