“The knowledge of God is a consciousness of ignorance. It does not yield a clearly defined sense of self with which we can rest content, and say I am such and such a person. After every partial act of self-definition, attention to God reminds us of what remains unsaid. For this reason the work of religion is never done. The task of self-knowledge is never complete, just because what we call self-knowledge is in reality self-definition. While we live the self has continually to be defined anew.”
Source: God in Our Hands
“Decision-makers have more information than ever before, but the speed of change means they have less time to make decisions.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“The accelerating pace of change is now the norm.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“Ambivalence and ambiguity aren't necessarily signs of weakness or sins of indecision. They can be apt responses to events we don't yet understand, with outcomes we can't predict.
But they don't make for bold sentences or tidy talking points.”
Source: The Age of Grievance
“It may seem that only those already in power are the ones with the ability to make change, but democracy is a participation sport, and if we all take on one small part, we can make big changes.”
Source: Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives
“Our little movement, we were always too fragile, always too dependent on the whims
of our supporters. But it had always been a struggle, and after Morningdale, after the climate changed, we had no chance. The world didn't want to be reminded how the donation programme really worked. They
didn't want to think about you students, or about the conditions you were brought up in. In other words, my dears, they wanted you back in the shadows.”
Source: Never Let Me Go
“Change is reciprocal. Change is symbiotic. And change is work.”
Source: The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming
“The Buddha said, "If at some point in your life you adopt an idea or a perception as the absolute truth, you close the door of your mind. This is the end of seeking the truth. And not only do you no longer seek the truth, but even if the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you refuse to open it. Attachment to views, attachment to ideas, attachment to perceptions are the biggest obstacle to the truth." It's like when you climb a ladder. When you get to the fourth rung, you may think you are on the highest step and cannot go higher, so you hold on to the fourth rung. But in fact there is a fifth rung; if you want to get to it, you have to be willing to abandon the fourth rung. Ideas and perceptions should be abandoned all the time, to make room for better ideas and truer perceptions. This is why we must always ask ourselves, "Am I sure?”
Source: The Art of Power
“But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.”
Source: The Slow Regard of Silent Things
“Bad leaders do not typically wake up one morning and say, “Golly gee, I’ve been bad. I need to change my ways.” They will stop being bad only if someone else or something else stops them. And if nothing stops them and no one stops them, they will go from bad to worse.”