Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value.

Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands.

When we judge others we contribute to violence.

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

Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education.

The objective of Nonviolent Communication is not to change people and their behavior in order to get our way: it is to establish relationships based on honesty and empathy, which will eventually fulfill everyone's needs.

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