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

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities to turn your pain into lessons of service and healing for others. Your hard journey has had a great purpose! Your pain was always a part of a plan to open your heart to love. Have faith. A miracle is happening in your life; the miracle of pain is transforming you to your highest self.

The real violence is committed in the writing of history, the records of the legal system, the reporting of news, through the manipulation of social contracts, and the control of information.

Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.

We must reprogram ourselves to understand that cooperation is a higher principle than competition.

We fake perfect so others don't have to experience any unpleasant realities, because their life is just as fake as ours.