Nonviolent Communication Quotes
- We can never make anyone do anything against their will without enormous consequences. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
- We use NVC to evaluate ourselves in ways that engender growth rather than self-hatred. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
- 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