263 Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

We only feel dehumanized when we get trapped in the derogatory images of other people or thoughts of wrongness about ourselves.

We are compassionate with ourselves when we are able to embrace all parts of ourselves and recognize the needs and values expressed by each part.

My need is for safety, fun and to have distribution of resources, a sustainable life on the planet. NVC is a strategy that serves me to meet these needs.

Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone’s needs to be met.

NVC requires us to be continually conscious of the beauty within ourselves and other people.

Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.

A respectful understanding of another’s experience.

When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.

It may be most difficult to empathize with those we are closest to.