I never have to worry about another person's response, only how I react to what they say. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
With every choice you make, be conscious of what need it serves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathy: Emptying our mind and listening with our whole being — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to the beauty within ourselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The key to fostering connection in the face of a 'no' is always hearing 'yes' to something else. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
They have most likely said it because they have an unmet need. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathize, rather than put your "but" in the face of an angry person. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that other people's actions can never 'make' you feel any certain way. Feelings are your warning indicators. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Don't get addicted to your requests. Your objective is needs, not requests. Because then it becomes a demand. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Once you have access to key people in an organization, if you go into a meeting with enemy images of those people… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
There are the two main reasons we don't get our needs met. First, we don't know how to express our needs to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is language, thoughts, communication skills and means of influence that serve my desire to do three things: 1) to liberate myself… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The objective of Nonviolent Communication is not to change people and their behavior in order to get our way: it is to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you have an image of someone cutting off a relationship, it's the cutting off that will lead to your suffering. If… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
As NVC replaces our old patterns of defending, withdrawing or attacking in the face of judgment and criticism. We come to perceive… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Some people use NVC to respond compassionately to themselves, some to create greater depth in their personal relationships, and still others to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Natural Giving: Anything we do in life which is not out of that energy, we pay for and everybody else pays for.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We use NVC to evaluate ourselves in ways that engender growth rather than self-hatred. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Enemy images are the main reason conflicts don't get resolved. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
A difficult message to hear is an opportunity to enrich someone's life. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What all the basic religions are saying is this: Don't do anything that isn't play. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
What I want in my life is compassion a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What do I… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive the praise… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share
