Cynicism is one of the terrible obstacles to progress.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems to be the truth.

Perception does not define who we are, but it does define where we are limited, and where we are not yet free.

Messy" is a word we use to explain a conflict with an expectation we had. Eliminate the expectation, and you eliminate the "messy".

All things are bound together. All things connect.

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.

We need to start prioritizing people, not polar bears.

The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics.

The future is built on the flow of new ideas.

A house is not a home.

The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.