People heal from their pain when they have an authentic connection with another human being. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Always listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
People do not hear our pain when they believe they are at fault. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Behind intimidating messages are simply people appealing to us to meet their needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If we don't tell people about our needs, it is much less likely they will be met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Social change involves helping people see new options for making life wonderful that are less costly to get needs met. — 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
When we listen for feelings and needs - we can see that people who seem like monsters are simply human beings whose… — 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
Once you can clearly describe what you are reacting to, free of your interpretation or evaluation of it, other people are less… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If people just asked: "Here are the needs of both sides, here are the resources. What can be done to meet these… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When we express our needs indirectly through the use of evaluations, interpretations, and images, others are likely to hear criticism. When people… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I try never to hear what another person thinks of me. I enjoy life a lot more when I spend as little… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting… — 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
If you are a czar or a king or a president or someone that wants to control those below them you do… — 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
Labeling and diagnosis is a catastrophic way to communicate. Telling other people what's wrong with them greatly reduces, almost to zero, the… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears)… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Peace requires something far more difficult than revenge or merely turning the other cheek; it requires empathizing with the fears and unmet… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I recommend allowing others the opportunity to fully express themselves before turning our attention to solutions or requests for relief. When we… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Very often, the way love is defined, it does violence to both people. It almost makes them a slave to the other.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Conflicts, even of long standing duration, can be resolved if we can just keep the flow of communication going in which people… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We only feel dehumanized when we get trapped in the derogatory images of other people or thoughts of wrongness about ourselves. As… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We are responsible for what we hear other people say and for how we act. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When we listen for their feelings and needs, we no longer see people as monsters. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Time and again, people transcend the paralyzing effects of psychological pain when they have sufficient contact with someone who can hear them… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
To practice the process of conflict resolution, we must completely abandon the goal of getting people to do what we want. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
All people ever say is: THANK YOU (a celebration of life) and PLEASE (an opportunity to make life more wonderful). — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
It's never what people do that makes us angry; it's what we tell ourselves about what they did. — 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
