Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.

I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the needs of others.

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.

If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger.

Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands.

Use anger as a wake-up call to unmet needs.

I try never to hear what another person thinks of me. I enjoy life a lot more when I spend as little time as possible hearing or thinking about what other people think about me. I go to the needs behind the thoughts. Then I'm in a different world.