We want people to change because they see better ways of meeting their needs at less cost, not because of fear that we're going to punish them, or 'guilt' them if they don't. This applies to ourselves as well.

NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people.

My ultimate goal is to spend as many of my moments in life as I can in that world that the poet Rumi talks about, 'a place beyond rightness and wrongness.

When we are angry, killing people is too superficial.

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

Understanding and connection can transcend conflict.

With empathy we don't direct, we follow. Don't just do something, be there.