The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change.

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.

If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.

It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind.

I love sailing and water sports; whether it's water skiing, body boarding or surfing or simply swimming in the ocean.

It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.

I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the time... I like the fact that I have the right once in a while to say silly things.

I believe the sovereign God of the universe justifies us freely, and then we are called to run with him in sanctification.

I don't know if it's just me or everyone, but the whole vibe with skiing is not so much thriving on competition against others as it is against myself and the clock.

I wanted some family structure and stability, and thats what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids.