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"Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful."
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"Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done."
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"Every blade has two edges, he who wounds with one wounds himself with the other."
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"If you want to know the value of a year, ask the student who was in the final year of his university education, when the lecturers went on strike and the school ended up closing for a year."
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"Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious."
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"The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self - righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace."
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"Laws are subordinate to custom."
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"Expensive pleasures will soon bring the richest person down."
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"When you drop a pebble into a pond, ripples spread out, changing all the water in the pool. The ripples hit the shore and rebound, bumping into one another, breaking each other apart. In some small way, the pond is never the same again."
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"Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did."
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"The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective."
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"I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers."
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"Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances."
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"Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us."
Will

"Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions."
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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."
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"I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation."
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"Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence."
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"Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome."
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"We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order."
Control

"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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