“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am for myself alone, what am I? If not now, when?”

“Who we are is how we lead.”

“Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.”

“Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom: the power to choose, to respond, to change.”

“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort.”

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”

“If we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.”

“A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m going to keep listening and asking questions.”

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”

“Geef me de moed om te veranderen wat ik kan veranderen. Geef me de wijsheid om te accepteren wat ik niet kan veranderen. Geef me het inzicht om het verschil tussen beide te zien”

“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”

“The quality of the results produced by any system depends on the quality of awareness from which people in the system operate.”

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; they become your destiny.”

“All that has been integrated into Nonviolent Communication has been known for centuries. The intent is to remind us about what we already know - about how humans were meant to relate to one another - and to assist us in living in a way that concretely manifests this knowledge.”

“When we have the courage to walk into our own story and own it, we get to write the ending.”

“Tussen stimulus (prikkel) en respons (reactie) is een ruimte. In deze ruimte ligt onze kracht om onze respons te kiezen. In onze respons ligt onze groei en onze vrijheid.”

“True change can only take place with the transformation of the human heart.”

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

“Every journey begins with a single step.”

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

“If deep change depended solely on outside intervention it would never happen."