Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger.

Regardless of our many differences, we all have the same needs. What differs is the strategy for fulfilling these needs.

What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause.

Translate all self-judgments into self-empathy.

The most important use of NVC may be in developing self-compassion.

All people ever say is: THANK YOU (a celebration of life) and PLEASE (an opportunity to make life more wonderful).

Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward.