All Marshall B. Rosenberg Quotes
- In our culture, most of us have been trained to ignore our own wants and to discount our needs. Been
- The key to fostering connection in the face of a 'no' is always hearing 'yes' to something else. Always Hearing
- The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past. Alive
- Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment. Belief
- NVC is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to the beauty within ourselves. Beauty
- The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change. Change
- Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another. Analyzing
- If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table. Communication
- NVC helps us connect with each other and ourselves in a way that allows our natural compassion to flourish. Allows
- We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction. Communication
- Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands. Awareness
- NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret. Action
- We are this divine energy. It's not something we have to attain. We just have to realize it, to be present to it. Attain
- When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. Attack
- Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet. Anger
- People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people. Among
- When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer. Advice
- Never hear what somebody thinks about you, you'll live longer. Hear that they're in pain. Don't hear their analysis. Analysis
- We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation. Action
- How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse. Affect
- Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs. Alienated
- Social change involves helping people see new options for making life wonderful that are less costly to get needs met. Change
- The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking. Behavior
- If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger. Anger
- Unless we as social change agents come from a certain kind of spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good. Agents