You don't have to be brilliant. It's enough to become progressively less stupid. — 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
At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Conventional compliments often take the form of judgments however positive, and are sometimes offered to manipulate the behavior of others. NVC encourages… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Fix-it jackals can't wait to fix it, because they don't know how to enjoy pain. And until you learn how to enjoy… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies. — 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
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
The number one reason that we don't get our needs met, we don't express them. We express judgments. If we do express… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Regardless of our many differences, we all have the same needs. What differs is the strategy for fulfilling these needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The most important use of NVC may be in developing self-compassion. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Never connect yourself with the other person's pain. Just hear their need. Leave yourself out of the other person's feelings and needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics. — 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
NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When we are depressed, our thinking blocks us from being aware of our needs, and then being able to take action to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
To practice NVC, it's critical for me to be able to slow down, take my time, to come from an energy I… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When I recognize I've got anger, then I realize it's because I have a need that's not being met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC helps us connect with each other and ourselves in a way that allows our natural compassion to flourish. — 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
