Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet.

With every choice you make, be conscious of what need it serves.

Our ability to offer empathy can allow us to stay vulnerable, defuse potential violence, help us hear the word 'no' without taking it as a rejection, revive lifeless conversation, and even hear the feelings and needs expressed through silence.

Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies.

Clinical training in psychoanalysis has a deficit. It teaches how to sit and think about what a person is saying and how to interpret it intellectually, but not how to be fully present to this person.

I never have to worry about another person's response, only how I react to what they say.

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.