263 Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Fear of punishment diminishes self-esteem and goodwill.

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.

Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact one and the same.

Thinking based on who deserves what blocks compassionate communication.

Don’t get addicted to your requests. Your objective is needs, not requests. Because then it becomes a demand.

What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause.

Translate all self-judgments into self-empathy.

I try never to hear what another person thinks of me. I enjoy life a lot more when I spend as little time as possible hearing or thinking about what other people think about me. I go to the needs behind the thoughts. Then I’m in a different world.

You don’t have to be brilliant. It’s enough to become progressively less stupid.