"Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole."

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"Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole."

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"If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk."

Robert Baden-Powell, English Soldier

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"To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

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"We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own."

George W. Bush, American President

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"Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain."

Euripides, Greek Poet

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"The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations."

Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian Public Servant

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"On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation."

Charles Darwin, English Scientist

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"To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself."

Tony Hancock, British Comedian

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"Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die."

Life

"We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity."

Science

"For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think this is laziness, I think it is a conscious decision people are making to save time."

Time

"For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role."

Help

"Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem."

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"Hopelessness has surprised me with patience."

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"For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions."

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"And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive."

Time

"Most people associate command and control leadership with the military."

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"When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans."

Anger