263 Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

When I recognize I’ve got anger, then I realize it’s because I have a need that’s not being met.

Punishment also includes judgmental labeling and the withholding of privileges.

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 of a choice I’ve made.

With every choice you make, be conscious of what need it serves.

We need to receive empathy to give empathy.

Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process.

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.

We are this divine energy. It’s not something we have to attain. We just have to realize it, to be present to it.

The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read this statement, the thought, ‘What nonsense!’ shot through my mind before I realized that I had just made an evaluation.