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Knowledge is but a tool. The spirit is of the essence.

Robert K. Greenleaf

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Spirit Is of the Essence

Topic: Justice, Vision, & Leadership

We simply are not giving the maturing help to young people that is well within our means to do. Instead, we are acting on the principle that knowledge, not the spirit, is power. Knowledge is but a tool. The spirit is of the essence.

Robert K. Greenleaf

Robert K. Greenleaf (1904–1990) was the founder of the modern Servant leadership movement and the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.

(1904-1990) Civil Religion, Civil Society
Servant Leadership

Greenleaf, Robert K. The Power of Servant Leadership: a Series of Addresses and a Personal Testimony. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1998, [Robert K. Greenleaf, The Power of Servant-Leadership, Vision for Our Times: Where Is It?]

Robert K. Greenleaf


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