Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The more we empathize with the other party, the safer we feel. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
With empathy, I'm fully with them, and not full of them - that's sympathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“The ability to offer empathy to people in stressful situations can defuse potential violence.” — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If we become skilled in giving ourselves empathy, we often experience in just a few seconds a natural release of energy which… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If the other persons behavior is not in harmony with my own needs, the more I empathize with them and their needs,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Tragically, one of the rarest commodities in our culture is empathy. People are hungry for empathy, They don't know how to ask… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better -… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you ride the wave, the thrill is so exhilarating that you forget everything else. You live in the moment where nothing… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What evidence is there that we've adequately empathized with the other person? First, when an individual realizes that everything going on within… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“Now, with regard to the people who have done things we call "terrorism," I'm confident they have been expressing their pain in… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The number one rule of our training is empathy before education. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathy: Emptying our mind and listening with our whole being — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
With empathy, I'm fully with them, not full of them — that's sympathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Self-empathy in NVC means checking in with your own feelings and needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
With empathy we don't direct, we follow. Don't just do something, be there. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward. — 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
I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We need empathy to give empathy. When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (a) stop, breathe,… — 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 Image
Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
