With empathy, I'm fully with them, not full of them — that's sympathy.

In these long-standing conflicts, I find that most cases it gets resolved in about twenty minutes after each side can tell me the needs of the other.

NVC is interested in learning that is motivated by reverence for life, by a desire to learn skills, to contribute better to our own well-being and the well-being of others.

NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

We recognize that real educational reform is essential if today's and tomorrow's children are to live in a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.

Keep in mind that other people's actions can never 'make' you feel any certain way. Feelings are your warning indicators.

Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment.