When I am angry I have a judgment and an unmet need.

When we have our consciousness on needs, images come to us, naturally, of how to meet those needs.

When we hear the other person's feelings and needs, we recognize our common humanity.

Not getting our needs fulfilled is painful - but it's a sweet pain, not suffering, which is what comes from life-alienated thinking and interpretation.

Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.

The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things 'because we're supposed to.

The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting and meditating, although meditation is certainly valuable. But from meditation, from the resulting consciousness, I would like to see people in action creating the world they want to live in.