We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

The more a person perceives that he/she is loved, the less they will interfere with the lives of others.

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.

When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first.