Monthly Archives: April 2016

Greenleaf writes: This is an interesting thesis: (1) We know how to increase the proportion of young people who, at maturity, are disposed to be servants; and (2) we know how to transform contemporary institutions so that they will be … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: …we are acting on the principle that knowledge, not the spirit, is power.  Knowledge is but a tool.  The spirit is of the essence. What is Greenleaf referring to?  The ‘spirit’ resides within the person, within the people.  … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: How can an institution become more serving?  I see no other way than that the people who inhabit it serve better and work together toward synergy – the whole becoming greater than the sum of its parts.  …I … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: Beginning in 1970, I started to write on the theme of servant…  the servant theme evolved out of close association with several colleges and universities [Note: Prescott College and Harvard University, to name two] during their disturbed period … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: …if one sees too many of our institutions as seriously deficient in their service to society (as I do) and believes (as I do) that that deficiency could be corrected over time, then something rather fundamental has to … Continue reading →