Needs are the expression of life through us.

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.

Doesn't sunlight kill them? Doesn't it turn them to dust, or make them burst into flames or something?""Nope. Vampires tan, just like you and me. Well, just like you. I tend to bleach.

When you get married or get a job, you are signing a contract that you will now not only live your expectations but other’s expectations also.

Don't tell your friends their social faults they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

If not you, then who? If not now, then when?

I don't understand why or how we can bully each other.

Scoutmasters need to enter into boys' ambitions.

I don't speak ... I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

Imagine if I had a real weapon!

I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories.

The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.