Eric Fridrich

“An oak tree is an oak tree. That is all it has to do. If an oak tree is less than an oak tree, then we are all in trouble.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace

“In the 300 years of the crucifixion of Christ to the conversion of Emperor Constantine, polytheistic Roman emperors initiated no more than four general persecutions of Christians. Local administrators and governors incited some anti-Christian violence of their own. Still, if we combine all the victims of all these persecutions, it turns out that in these three centuries the polytheistic Romans killed no more than a few thousand Christians. In contrast, over the course, of the next 1,500 years, Christians slaughtered Christians by the millions, to defend slightly different interpretations of the religion of love and compassion.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, קיצור תולדות האנושות

“We’re most reactive to the things we secretly accuse ourselves of.”
― Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships

“Nothing hurts more than the sense that the people we care about aren’t really listening. We never outgrow the need to have our feelings known.”
― Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships