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 feeling and needing.
Marshall B. RosenbergAny evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Tragic, first because it decreases our likelihood of getting our need met! Even if we think it. And secondly, because it increases the likelihood of violence. That's why I'm suggesting any evaluation which implies rightness or wrongness is a tragic, suicidal expression of an unmet need. Say the need! Learn a need-consciousness.
Marshall B. RosenbergMiracles can happen when we can keep our consciousness away from analyzing and classifying one another.
Marshall B. RosenbergWhen we understand the needs that motivate our own and others behavior, we have no enemies.
Marshall B. Rosenberg