People Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

People don't make us angry, how we think makes us angry.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

People heal from their pain when they have an authentic connection with another human being.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We are responsible for what we hear other people say and for how we act.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

When we are angry, killing people is too superficial.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

When we listen for their feelings and needs, we no longer see people as monsters.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

People do not hear our pain when they believe they are at fault.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Behind intimidating messages are simply people appealing to us to meet their needs.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

If we don't tell people about our needs, it is much less likely they will be met.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

When we listen for feelings and needs - we can see that people who seem like monsters are simply human beings whose…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Social change involves helping people see new options for making life wonderful that are less costly to get needs met.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Keep in mind that other people's actions can never 'make' you feel any certain way. Feelings are your warning indicators.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

You'll find people less threatening if you hear what they're needing rather than what they're thinking about you.

— 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

If you are a czar or a king or a president or someone that wants to control those below them you do…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

Some people use NVC to respond compassionately to themselves, some to create greater depth in their personal relationships, and still others to…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

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

If I'm using Nonviolent Communication I never, never, never hear what somebody thinks about me. Never hear what somebody thinks about you,…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Peace requires something far more difficult than revenge or merely turning the other cheek; it requires empathizing with the fears and unmet…

— 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

I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears)…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Conflicts, even of long standing duration, can be resolved if we can just keep the flow of communication going in which people…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We only feel dehumanized when we get trapped in the derogatory images of other people or thoughts of wrongness about ourselves. As…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Very often, the way love is defined, it does violence to both people. It almost makes them a slave to the other.…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Classifying and judging people promotes violence.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

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

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Always listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

When people hear needs, it provokes compassion.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people.

— 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

When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

It's never what people do that makes us angry; it's what we tell ourselves about what they did.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

If people just asked: "Here are the needs of both sides, here are the resources. What can be done to meet these…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg