Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

You really have to listen and be vulnerable and open to the other actors and the environment.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.

I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.

It’s important for me to hear others position and understand them.

The beauty of having your ego checked as many times as my ego was checked in Newark made me recognize how much I needed other people who were very different than me in order to get big things done.

If everyone breaks down their walls and stops putting themselves on holier-than-thou pedestals, we can all learn from each other.

The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.

Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

I don't even have a type, I don't think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

You don't accomplish a lot by changing people's opinions by shoving facts down their throat. I think you change people's opinions by opening your heart up and showing the parallels between you and another person. That's how people's ideas shift.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know.