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

Classifying and judging people promotes violence.

We do not look for compromise; rather, we seek to resolve the conflict to everyone's complete satisfaction.

NVC suggests behind every action, however ineffective, tragic, violent, or abhorrent to us, is an attempt to meet a need.

With empathy, I'm fully with them, not full of them — that's sympathy.

Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment.

Every message, regardless of form or content, is an expression of a need.