Enemy images are the main reason conflicts don't get resolved.

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.

Be happy about your own life and you'll be amazed at just how much more beautiful you'll find it to be.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances.

You cannot see me from where I look at myself

The best feeling in the world is to know that you belong to me and you are mine. Every morning that is all I need to know and that itself is enough for me to have a good day.

The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.

You've got to take responsibility and to do everything in your power to get results. Hopefully players look at that and try and follow it.

Intellect helps us to see the best means and manner of doing the right thing, but intellect never shows us the right thing.