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

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

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.

All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished.

We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry.

Instead of playing the game "Making Life Wonderful", we often play the game called "Who's Right". Do you know that game? It's a game where everybody loses.

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

You don't have to be brilliant. It's enough to become progressively less stupid.

Most of us grew up speaking a language that encourages us to label, compare, demand, and pronounce judgments rather than to be aware of what we are feeling and needing.

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

Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.

Maybe your mind won't remember what I cooked last week, but your body will.

he had kidded with us that if we didn't let go at the proper moment, he would slap our hands with a stick, and we had all laughed because who would be silly enough to hang on when they should let go?

People that haven't seen us yet are shocked because they think that Alice Cooper must be a female folksinger. They don't expect the whole thing.

If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life.

A lot of people watch 'Community,' but DVR viewings only count if you watch within a certain time.

Out here, due process is a bullet.

Be merry if you are wise.

To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership .

We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.