Category: Quotes
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Henri Bortoft
I have recently read two of Henri Bortoft’s books, The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe’s Way of Science and Taking Appearance Seriously: The Dynamic Way of Seeing in Goethe and European Thought. I am particularly fascinated by the dynamic way of seeing which is explained at length by Henri Bortoft. It’s important to take the ‘appearance’…
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Wholehearted living
Brené Brown has defined 10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living. These guidesposts are to cultivate: Authenticity: Letting go of what people think Self-Compassion: Letting go of perfectionism A Resilient Spirit: Letting go of numbing and powerlessness Gratitude and Joy: Letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark Intuition and Trusting Faith: Letting go of the…
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Emergence and self-organization
Life’s fundamental processes are emergence and self-organization. The following quotes are from So Far from Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World by Margaret Wheatley: “Life gives us a world of order for free, capable of organizing itself, not from oppressive control but from inner coherence.” “What matters is now: how we live, work…
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The grand will
Martin Buber gives in his book I and Thou an account of the movement that is involved in accessing one’s grand will: “The free man is he who wills without arbitrary self will. He believes in destiny, and believes that it stands in need of him. It does not keep him in leading strings,…
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The chaordic organization
Dee Hock, founder of VISA, coined the word chaordic to describe an organization that finds the balance where chaos and order meet to ensure it thrives under the demands of the dynamic business context. Key aspects of the chaordic organization are: Crystal clarity on the highest need the organization is choosing to serve. The purpose…
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Art is the attainment of a state of being
”The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture – however unreasonable this may sound. The picture, if a picture results, is a by-product and may be useful, valuable, interesting as a sign of what has passed. The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of…
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Art as an expression of life
”Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life’s experience.” – Robert Henri
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Power to act
”… the power to act lie within the person – rather than in an expert dealing with him or her, or in a system controlling him or her.” – Carl Rogers, On Personal Power, page 151
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Leadership
“Leaders provide atmosphere and resources so that the initiative of those they lead may flourish.” – Mike Hornitschek “For me, my role is about unleashing what people already have inside them that are maybe suppressed in most work environment.” – Tony Hseih “Successful leadership depends on the quality of attention and intention that the leader…
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We see what we look for
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” — John Lubbock “In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow…and that is likely to hurt.” – Wei Wu Wei