They have most likely said it because they have an unmet need. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Empathize, rather than put your "but" in the face of an angry person. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause. — 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
Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
People heal from their pain when they have an authentic connection with another human being. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The only time a message (label) can scare us is if we think there is such a thing, and that such a… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
While we may not consider the way we talk to be 'violent,' our words often lead to hurt and pain, whether for… — 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
If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Never hear what somebody thinks about you, you'll live longer. Hear that they're in pain. Don't hear their analysis. — 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
Don't get addicted to your requests. Your objective is needs, not requests. Because then it becomes a demand. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you are in a jackal environment, never give them the power to submit or rebel. We want to teach this to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Marshall Rosenberg provides us with the most effective tools to foster health and relationships. Nonviolent Communication connects soul to soul, creating a… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Dr. Rosenberg has brought the simplicity of successful communication into the foreground. No matter what issue you're facing, his strategies for communicating… — Tony Robbins 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
Before we tackle the gangs and the basic story, we have to make sure that we have liberated ourselves from how we… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Every human being shall see in each and all of his fellow-men a hidden divinity... that every human being is made in… — Rudolf Steiner 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
Nonviolent Communication is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to that beauty within ourselves and others, and… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When we hear the other person's feelings and needs, we recognize our common humanity. — 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
We are responsible for what we hear other people say and for how we act. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Get very clear about the kind of world we would like and then start living that way. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — 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
Upset? Ask yourself what this person does that is a trigger for judging them? — 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
Punishment also includes judgmental labeling and the withholding of privileges. — 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
Empathize with silence by listening for the feelings and needs behind it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When we understand the needs that motivate our own and others behavior, we have no enemies. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
