Humor [in a scene] is not jokes. It is that attitude toward being alive without which you would long ago have jumped off the 59th Street Bridge.
Get very clear about the kind of world we would like and then start living that way.
When our communication supports compassionate giving and receiving, happiness replaces violence and grieving.
When you ride the wave, the thrill is so exhilarating that you forget everything else. You live in the moment where nothing else matters, so intent on riding the wave perfectly that you and the wave become one. Pain and worry disappear, replaced by euphoria, akin to flow. Similarly, when giving empathy, you want to strive for this kind of total presence for the person you are listening to.
Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.
The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read this statement, the thought, 'What nonsense!' shot through my mind before I realized that I had just made an evaluation.
Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.
Why is it that even when you're trying your hardest not to get attached, something still sneaks up on you?
Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly.
I think I underestimated the way people bracket you.
Genius is simply childhood, rediscovered by an act of will.