Don't get addicted to your requests. Your objective is needs, not requests. Because then it becomes a demand.

The number one reason that we don't get our needs met, we don't express them. We express judgments. If we do express needs, the number two reasons we don't our needs met, we don't make clear requests.

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

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

If I'm using Nonviolent Communication I never, never, never hear what somebody thinks about me. Never hear what somebody thinks about you, you'll live longer. You'll enjoy life more. Hear the truth. The truth is that when somebody's telling you what's wrong with you, the truth is they have a need that isn't getting met. Hear that they're in pain. Don't hear the analysis.

If people just asked: "Here are the needs of both sides, here are the resources. What can be done to meet these needs?" the conflict would be easy to resolve.

The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change.