263 Quotes by 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.

By maintaining our attention on what’s going on within others, we offer them a chance to fully explore and express their interior selves. We would stem this flow if we were to shift attention too quickly either to their request or to our own desire to express ourselves.

Every moment each human being is doing the best we know at that moment to meet our needs. We never do anything that is not in the service of a need, there is no conflict on our planet at the level of needs. We all have the same needs. The problem is in strategies for meeting the needs.

Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another.

MBR: In my lifetime I’ve been called a multitude of names, yet I can’t recall seriously learning anything by being told what I am. I’d like to learn from your appreciation and enjoy it, but I would need more information.

The more we empathize with the other party, the safer we feel.

Let’s shine the light of consciousness on places where we can hope to find what we are seeking.

If people just asked: “Here are the needs of both sides, here are the resources. What can be done to meet these needs?” the conflict would be easy to resolve.

We recognize that real educational reform is essential if today’s and tomorrow’s children are to live in a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.