Nonviolent Communication Quotes - Page 11

• You can practice deep listening in order to relieve the suffering in us, and in the other person. That kind of listening is described as compassionate listening. You listen only for the purpose of relieving suffering in the other person.

  Nhat Hanh

  Communication, Order, Practice

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• Whether I praise or criticize someone's action, I imply that I am their judge, that I'm engaged in rating them or what they have done.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Judging, Done

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• Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Punishment, Roots

  Marshall B. Rosenberg (2004). “Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding”, p.12, PuddleDancer Press

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

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Thinking, Angry

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• I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

  Jonathan Swift

  Men, Evil, Guilt

  Jonathan Swift (1850). “The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ; with a Memoir of the Author”, p.307

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• 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 on honesty and empathy, which will eventually fulfill everyone's needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Honesty, Communication, Order

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