Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.

Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process.

Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.

Please do as I requested, only if you can do so with the joy of a little child feeding a hungry duck. Please do not do as I request if there is any taint of fear of punishment if you don't. Please do not do as I request to buy my love, that, is hoping that I will love you more if you do. Please do not do as I request if you will feel guilty if you don't. Please do not do as I request if you will feel shameful. And certainly do not do as I request out of any sense of duty or obligation.

Never question the beauty of what you are saying because someone reacts with pain, judgment, criticism. It just means they have not heard you.

You don't have to be brilliant. It's enough to become progressively less stupid.

This language is from the head. It is a way of mentally classifying people into varying shades of good and bad, right and wrong. Ultimately, it provokes defensiveness, resistance, and counterattack. It is a language of demands.