All Marshall B. Rosenberg Quotes
- Regardless of our many differences, we all have the same needs. What differs is the strategy for fulfilling these needs. All
- Keep in mind that other people's actions can never 'make' you feel any certain way. Feelings are your warning indicators. Action
- NVC suggests behind every action, however ineffective, tragic, violent, or abhorrent to us, is an attempt to meet a need. Abhorrent
- However impressed we may be with NVC concepts, it is only through practice and application that our lives are transformed. Application
- NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. Ability
- When we are depressed, our thinking blocks us from being aware of our needs, and then being able to take action to meet our needs. Able
- Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored. Anger
- Whether I praise or criticize someone's action, I imply that I am their judge, that I'm engaged in rating them or what they have done. Action
- While we may not consider the way we talk to be 'violent,' our words often lead to hurt and pain, whether for others or for… Communication
- We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own. Communication
- The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change. Behind
- Make your goal to attend to your underlying needs and to aim for a resolution so satisfying that everyone involved has their needs met also. Aim
- Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact one and the… Ability
- The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to the beauty within… Any
- Never question the beauty of what you are saying because someone reacts with pain, judgment, criticism. It just means they have not heard you. Beauty
- Use the words "I feel because I" to remind us that what we feel it isn't because of what the other person did, but because… Choice
- NVC shows us a way of being very honest, but without any criticism, insults, or putdowns, and without any intellectual diagnosis implying wrongness. Any
- Once you have access to key people in an organization, if you go into a meeting with enemy images of those people - then you… Access
- We recognize that real educational reform is essential if today's and tomorrow's children are to live in a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world. Children
- I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the… Action
- My need is for safety, fun and to have distribution of resources, a sustainable life on the planet. NVC is a strategy that serves me… Communication
- My ultimate goal is to spend as many of my moments in life as I can in that world that the poet Rumi talks about,… Beyond
- Four D's of Disconnection: 1. Diagnosis (judgment, analysis, criticism, comparison); 2. Denial of Responsibility; 3. Demand; 4. 'Deserve' oriented language. Analysis
- Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive the praise or… Action
- Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make the other side… Action