Communication Quotes

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People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
When it comes to giving advice, never do so unless you've first received a request in writing, signed by a lawyer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
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
We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs. — 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 punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
If we wish to express anger fully, the first step is to divorce the other person from any responsibility for our anger. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Unless we as social change agents come from a certain kind of spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Regardless of our many differences, we all have the same needs. What differs is the strategy for fulfilling these needs. — 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
NVC suggests behind every action, however ineffective, tragic, violent, or abhorrent to us, is an attempt to meet a need. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
However impressed we may be with NVC concepts, it is only through practice and application that our lives are transformed. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
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. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
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
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. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
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… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
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. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
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. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
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… — 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 the beauty within… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Never question the beauty of what you are saying because someone reacts with pain, judgment, criticism. It just means they have not heard you. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

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