You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations.

The solution to violence in America is the acceptance of reality

Only human beings can look directly at something, have all the information they need to make an accurate prediction, perhaps even momentarily make the accurate prediction, and then say that it isn't so.

When a baby is born the mother in particular enters into a new larger relationship with the world. She has become connected to all people. She is part of keeping us on earthnot the "us" comprised of individuals but the species itself. By protecting this one baby this gift a mother accepts life's clearest responsibility.

No matter how famous the victim, no matter how powerful the advocates, it simply isn't always possible to control the conduct of other people.

We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait. People seeking to control others almost always present the image of a nice person in the beginning.

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.