Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own 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.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.

The wise men were all fools, what to do?

The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.

You can't predict the future, but you can follow your dreams.

We save our lives in such unlikely ways.

I'm not invited. I'm not on the A list, haven't been on it in 20 years and my feet have never trod its red fluffy carpets.

Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.

And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even-Christen.