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, of their needs. Because people do not make good slaves when they're connected to life... That's why in the public schools the primary objective is obedience to authority.

NVC is a reminder; to focus our attention where we are most likely to get our needs met.

Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger.

The more we talk about the past, the less we heal from it.

The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things 'because we're supposed to.

All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make the other side suffer.