263 Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

An important aspect of self-compassion is to be able to empathically hold both parts of ourselves-the self that regrets a past action and the self that took the action in the first place.

When we are angry, killing people is too superficial.

How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse.

NVC enhances inner communication by helping us translate negative internal messages into feelings and needs. Our ability to distinguish our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.

NVC shows us a way of being very honest, but without any criticism, insults, or putdowns, and without any intellectual diagnosis implying wrongness.

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

NVC can be effectively applied at all levels of communication and in diverse situations: intimate relationships, families, schools, organizations and institutions, therapy and counseling, diplomatic and business negotiations, disputes and conflicts of any nature.

Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves.

People do not hear our pain when they believe they are at fault.