Imagine connecting with the human spirit in each person in any situation at any time. Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone's need to be equally valued. Imagine creating organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment.

When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer.

Never question the beauty of what you are saying because someone reacts with pain, judgment, criticism. It just means they have not heard you.

If we don't tell people about our needs, it is much less likely they will be met.

Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs

Public education for some time has been heavily focused on what curricula we believe will be helpful to students. Life-Enriching Education is based on the premise that the relationship between teachers and students, the relationships of students with one another, and the relationships of students to what they are learning are equally important in preparing students for the future.

Intellectual understanding blocks empathy.