Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs.

Miracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another.

Imagine connecting with the human spirit in each person in any situation at any time. Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone's need to be equally valued. Imagine creating organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment.

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.

Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain.

The more we empathize with the other party, the safer we feel.

NVC is interested in learning that is motivated by reverence for life, by a desire to learn skills, to contribute better to our own well-being and the well-being of others.