"The emerging whole manifests locally. It manifests in particular communities, groups, and, ultimately, in us as individuals."

--

Source : Peter M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers (2005). “Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society”, p.228, Crown Business

Betty Sue Flowers

#Community Quotes #Groups Quotes #Individual Quotes

“Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. A constant reminder to the rich that there is another side to life.”
“The music business has changed so much. Collaborations are all over the Internet. The young people are keeping the old school alive. A lot of them run out of ideas so they grab these songs that we've had out for 50 years and bringing them back and making people rich again. That's a nice thing. A lot of artists don't have incomes after a certain time in their life because nobody's is buying the songs. This revival of their music has taken a lot of writers out of the poor house.”
“I think we would look at other possibilities that would deliver further passenger capacity, that would deliver further infrastructure to the north of England but would be better value for taxpayers.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“I have drawn from the well of language many a thought which I do not have and which I could not put into words.”
“Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans.”
“The president wants more tax money in Washington. I want more money left in the communities, particularly poor communities, particularly communities that have high unemployment.”
“I'm doing it because I choose it. And if it's not working, I can make a change.”
“Teachers should be held in the highest honor. They are the allies of legislators; they have agency in the prevention of crime; they aid in regulating the atmosphere, whose incessant action and pressure cause the life-blood to circulate, and to return pure and healthful to the heart of the nation.”

You may also like:

Bill Bradley
Former U.S. Senator
Bill Moyers
Former White House Press Secretary
Joseph Campbell
Writer
Joseph Jaworski
Writer
Margaret J. Wheatley
Writer
Otto Scharmer
Peter Senge
Author
Robert K. Greenleaf
Philip Bobbitt
Author