Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet 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.

The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.

Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don't care to know before they surrender!

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

I'm always driven by something. It doesn't matter what it is, it could be the smallest task or something huge.

1. "What do you really want to get out of life?" 2. "What can you offer the world that no one else can?

Any day above ground is a good one.

President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.

I think the most beautiful thing is that we're not parting because there were problems. We're parting because we're celebrating each others' growth.

What you see on the field is my job.

We keep a journal to entrap that collection of selves that forms us, the individual human being.