All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.

All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished.

We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry.

Instead of playing the game "Making Life Wonderful", we often play the game called "Who's Right". Do you know that game? It's a game where everybody loses.

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

You don't have to be brilliant. It's enough to become progressively less stupid.

Most of us grew up speaking a language that encourages us to label, compare, demand, and pronounce judgments rather than to be aware of what we are feeling and needing.

The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things 'because we're supposed to.

Jocks usually aren't smart. Their muscles feast on their brains.

During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.

Institutional United Methodism in America has given up on cities and given up on young people, so no surprise we are declining by nearly 100,000 annually.

Oh, honey, God don't care which church you go, long as you show up!

I was so poor growing up...if I wasn't a boy...I'd have nothing to play with.

I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people.