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

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.

Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs.

I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the needs of others.

It's never what people do that makes us angry; it's what we tell ourselves about what they did.

Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.

We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation.