Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence – when it helps us to see the enemy’s point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weakness of our condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.
– Martin Luther King
Category: Quotes
Lots and lots of great quotes
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Rational structures of control inhibit creativity. Managing as if people had souls requires that we de-mechanize management and instill it with the diversity and depth of our own humanity. The point is to respect people and allow them to make the fullest contribution they can. We need more reflection in business not more strategizing. Meditation takes thinking even further because it allows for the wisdom of the heart to interweave with the knowledge of the head.
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The speed of change is accelerating. It took radio twenty years to attract ten million users; it took television half that time, Netscape only twenty-eight months, Hotmail eighteen and Napster twelve.
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Here’s a nice quote, related to a previous posting.
The seed that is to grow must lose itself as seed.
And they that creep may graduate through chrysalis to wings.
Wilt thou then, O mortal, cling to husks which falsely seem to you the self.– Wu Wei
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An honest company
Imagine a company that practices total, uncompromising honesty in their advertising. If they have a great product they’ll say so. And if they’re trying to sell you something mediocre, they’ll tell you that too. They might actively warn you along the lines of “Don’t expect good service from these people” or “The product here is nothing to write home about”, or even “If you have any complaints talk to Benny. If he breaks down crying, ignore it, it’s just a trick he uses.”
Do you think a company like that could possibly survive?
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People don’t burn out because they’re trying to solve problems. People burn out because they’ve been trying to solve the same problem over and over and over.
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My name is closely associated with Open Space, which might lead people to assume that I designed it with infinite patience and great care. This would be an error. As I see it, Open Space has always existed, or it has recently emerged by itself. My privilege has been simply to stumble upon it.
– Harrison Owen about the discovery of Open Space Technology -
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
– Niels Bohr -
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A leader is best when the people are hardly aware of his existence,
not so good when people stand in fear,
worse, when people are contemptuous.Fail to honour people, and they will fail to honur you.
But a good leader who speaks little,
when his task is accomplished, his work done,
the people say “We did it ourselves.”– Lao Tzu
