We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Thinking based on who deserves what blocks compassionate communication. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The cause of anger lies in our thinking - in thoughts of blame and judgment. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Clinical training in psychoanalysis has a deficit. It teaches how to sit and think about what a person is saying and how… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways… — 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
Not getting our needs fulfilled is painful - but it's a sweet pain, not suffering, which is what comes from life-alienated thinking… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
You'll find people less threatening if you hear what they're needing rather than what they're thinking about you. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Tragic, first because it decreases our… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
You're going to lose it when you follow the world "feel" with the words "because I think". Any time you are thinking,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better -… — 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
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
As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I don't think you can have an authentic connection when one person is diagnosing the other. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Always listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet. — 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
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
Needs are never conflicting. When we say that, we are only saying that at the moment we aren't seeing how both needs… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Also, think about your intentionality - are you getting lost in the method? or coming from the intentionality, the purpose? You don't… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We're not taught to think in terms of needs. We don't make nice dead people when we're in touch with needs. Domination… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Children need far more than basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as important as those might be. Children also need to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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 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
