Becoming Quote by Margaret J. Wheatley Download Open image “I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.” — Margaret J. Wheatley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Becoming Becoming better Believe Depends I believe Survival Thinker
The human community is evolving... . We can survive anything you care to mention. We are supremely equipped to survive, to adapt and even… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“We live in perilous times and at crossroads. On the one hand, we risk our extinction and that of our planet because of the devastating combination of ancient tribal habits and modern technologies that have the ability to obliterate every living being on the planet several times over. On the other hand, we also possess a nervous system through which… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share
The world we have made as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival. — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Once we have found ourselves, we must understand how from time to time to lose--and then to find--ourselves once again: assuming,that is, that we… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Survival is not a theory. In what way do I contribute to the subjugation of any part of those who I define as my… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Survival of the fittest can take us only so far; competition and aggression have brought us to the brink of self-destruction. What is needed… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The individual will to survive is often seen as just that, an individual thing. In fact, it's sort of a gene we all carry… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
If the process of life is about moving toward increased complexity and organization, a sort of sublime unfolding of greater and greater self-organizing systems,… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
“The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The future cannot be determined. It can only be experienced as it is occurring. Life doesn't know what it will be until it notices… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
we can't be creative if we refuse to be confused. Change always starts with confusion; cherished interpretations must dissolve to make way for what's… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
The path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--one… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer. — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The dream of coming back is becoming a reality. A lot of the uncertainty about the future has been cleared up. A lot of… — Paul Tagliabue Copy Share Image
I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
The term 'Pre-Raphaelite' is in danger of becoming one of the most misused tags in art history — Christopher Wood Copy Share Image
We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image