When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy..

Get very clear about the kind of world we would like and then start living that way..

NO is always a YES to something else..

We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry..

Regardless of our many differences, we all have the same needs. What differs is the strategy for fulfilling these needs..

Nonviolent Communication is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to that beauty within ourselves and others, and not saying a….

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being..

The number one reason that we don't get our needs met, we don't express them. We express judgments. If we do express needs, the number two reasons we….

Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs..

People heal from their pain when they have an authentic connection with another human being..

If you are a czar or a king or a president or someone that wants to control those below them you do not want people to have a consciousness of life, ….

Depression is the reward we get for being 'good'..

All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people ….

The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thin….

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

Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that wha….

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or rea….

The objective of Nonviolent Communication is not to change people and their behavior in order to get our way: it is to establish relationships based ….

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

If I'm using Nonviolent Communication I never, never, never hear what somebody thinks about me. Never hear what somebody thinks about you, you'll liv….

Most of us grew up speaking a language that encourages us to label, compare, demand, and pronounce judgments rather than to be aware of what we are f….