It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources. Marshall B. Rosenberg More Quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg More Quotes From Marshall B. Rosenberg When we are angry, killing people is too superficial. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationkillingpeople What bores the listener bores the speaker too. Marshall B. Rosenberg speakersboreslisteners People do not hear our pain when they believe they are at fault. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationpainbelieve I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathypainlistening You're going to lose it when you follow the world "feel" with the words "because I think". Any time you are thinking, your chance of getting what you need is greatly decreased, especially when you follow the word "think" with the word "you". I predict you won't only not get heard, but I predict a defensive aggressive reaction. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationneedsthinking We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationwinningneeds When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy. Marshall B. Rosenberg empathycommunicationgiving Unless we as social change agents come from a certain spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good. Marshall B. Rosenberg agentsspiritualitycommunication Once you have access to key people in an organization, if you go into a meeting with enemy images of those people - then you are not going to connect. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationkeysorganization Be very slow to go into looking for solutions. Marshall B. Rosenberg nonviolent-communicationsolutionscommunication What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationfeelingsmay Nonviolent Communication shows us a way of being very honest, but without any criticism, without any insults, without any put-downs, without any intellectual diagnosis implying wrongness. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationcriticismintellectual In a Giraffe institution, the head nurse job would be to serve the nurses, not to control them. Teachers are there to serve the students, not control them. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationteacherjobs Ask before offering advice or reassurance. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationofferingadvice Depression is the reward we get for being 'good'. Marshall B. Rosenberg nonviolent-communicationrewardscommunication You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationkidschildren Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger. Marshall B. Rosenberg blamecommunicationexpression Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationimportanthealing It's really a spiritual practice that I am trying to show as a way of life. Marshall B. Rosenberg practicespiritualtrying This objective of getting what we want from other people-or getting them to do what we want them to do-threatens the autonomy of people, their right to choose what they want to do. And whenever people feel that they're not free to choose what they want to do, they are likely to resist, even if they see the purpose in what we are asking and would ordinarily want to do it. Marshall B. Rosenberg purposeaskingpeople
