I love quotes that summarize the insights gained from a lifetime of searching, writing and wondering… into just a sentence. Here is one of them, a quote from Margaret Wheatley that I feel makes life more understandable…
“When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.”
And lo and behold another…
In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.
And another…
It’s not differences that divide us. It’s our judgments about each other that do.
Margaret Wheatley is quite a lady and here on her site she offers many PDF downloads of her writings. Her most recent book is, Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time.