Never give advice to your children unless you have it in writing and notarized.

Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met.

Don't hate the circumstance, you may miss the blessing

The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty, to the ear, or to the mind. Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind.

As we learn to speak from the heart we are changing the habits of a lifetime.

Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger.

Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.