The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change.

Life-Enriching Education: an education that prepares children to learn throughout their lives, relate well to others, and themselves, be creative, flexible, and venturesome, and have empathy not only for their immediate kin but for all of humankind.

Thinking based on who deserves what blocks compassionate communication.

Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain.

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.

All human actions are an attempt to meet needs.

Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.