Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled 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.

When faced with something I fear, I tend to eat spaghetti.

A few steps into the trees, you glance back to see the snow has already covered your prints.

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

What if someone hit us with an EMP, cyber-attack, and dirty bomb all at once? That would be pretty bad.

I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.

A lot of cultures believe you take the placenta and you bury it and plant something.

The by-product of fewer technical support issues is also an increase in customer satisfaction, which can be reflected in reduced subscriber churn.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

Don't rely on others to show you the way. Carry your own map.