Empathy Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

We need to receive empathy to give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Translate all self-judgments into self-empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We give empathy to others for our own benefit.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We need empathy to give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Empathy before education.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Intellectual understanding blocks empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Empathy: Emptying our mind and listening with our whole being

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

A respectful understanding of another's experience.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

With empathy, I'm fully with them, and not full of them - that's sympathy.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

“The ability to offer empathy to people in stressful situations can defuse potential violence.”

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

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

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

Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

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

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

Have you ever been surfing? Imagine you're on your surfboard now, waiting for the big one to come. Get ready to get…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

NVC enhances inner communication by helping us translate negative internal messages into feelings and needs. Our ability to distinguish our own feelings…

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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

Life-Enriching Education: an education that prepares children to learn throughout their lives, relate well to others, and themselves, be creative, flexible, and…

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A second even more obvious sign is that the person will stop talking. If we are uncertain as to whether we have…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

In empathy, you don't speak at all. You speak with the eyes. You speak with your body. If you say any words…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

To do this, you can bring in nothing from the past. So the more psychology you've studied, the harder it will be…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

“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

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

If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better -…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

The number one rule of our training is empathy before education.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

With empathy we don't direct, we follow. Don't just do something, be there.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg