263 Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

In our culture, most of us have been trained to ignore our own wants and to discount our needs.

Participant: Why, what do you mean?

Imagine connecting with the human spirit in each person in any situation at any time. Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone’s need to be equally valued. Imagine creating organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment.

Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies.

Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs.

This world is what we have made of it. If it is ruthless today it is because we have made it ruthless by our attitudes. If we change ourselves we can change the world, and changing ourselves begins with changing our language and methods of communication. I highly recommend reading this book and applying the Nonviolent Communication process it teaches. It is a significant first step toward changing our communication and creating a compassionate world. –Arun Gandhi.

NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind.

Empathizing with someone’s ‘no’ protects us from taking it personally.

When people are upset, they often need empathy before they can hear what is being said to them.