Robert Shea – 7 Quotes

7 Quotes by Robert Shea

Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail.

– Robert Shea

Ultimately we may still ask, why can’t humans design a perfect society?

– Robert Shea

One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.

– Robert Shea

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

– Robert Shea

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member’s freedom of thought and action.

– Robert Shea

To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out – or worse.

– Robert Shea

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.

– Robert Shea