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
Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Let’s shine the light of consciousness on places where we can hope to find what we are seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment. — 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
Behind intimidating messages are simply people appealing to us to meet their needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg is a great book teaching a compassionate way to talk to people even if you (or they)… — Joe Vitale Copy Share Image
We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is interested in learning that is motivated by reverence for life, by a desire to learn skills, to contribute better to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
In NVC, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and requests. — 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
When we make mistakes, we can use the process of NVC mourning and self-forgiveness to show us where we can grow instead… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Make your goal to attend to your underlying needs and to aim for a resolution so satisfying that everyone involved has their… — 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
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
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
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
Educators committed to engaging in the long-term, often difficult work of strengthening their relationships with colleagues, students and parents and expanding their… — Ron Rubin 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 the principles and techniques in this book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, can literally change the world, but more… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Eat by Choice, Not by Habit combines the author's humor, deep compassion for others and knowledge about food in a way that… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
Remember that whatever anyone does, it is an effort to meet a need. — 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
The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things 'because we're supposed to. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Every message, regardless of form or content, is an expression of a need. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
In our culture, most of us have been trained to ignore our own wants and to discount our needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Punishment also includes judgmental labeling and the withholding of privileges. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — 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
Never hear what a jackal-speaking person thinks, especially what they think about you. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The most important use of NVC may be in developing self-compassion. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
