Communication Quotes

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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
I don't think you can have an authentic connection when one person is diagnosing the other. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
When we understand the needs that motivate our own and others behavior, we have no enemies. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
People heal from their pain when they have an authentic connection with another human being. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things 'because we're supposed to. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
In our culture, most of us have been trained to ignore our own wants and to discount our needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The key to fostering connection in the face of a 'no' is always hearing 'yes' to something else. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to the beauty within ourselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC helps us connect with each other and ourselves in a way that allows our natural compassion to flourish. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We are this divine energy. It's not something we have to attain. We just have to realize it, to be present to it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Anger, depression, guilt, and shame are the product of the thinking that is at the base of violence on our planet. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

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