Quotes About Empathy

From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and express people, their lives and times.

Upset? Ask yourself what this person does that is a trigger for judging them?

The Compassionate Classroom is a fabulous book! If teachers will read it, they can transform their classrooms.

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.

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact one and the same.

Marshall Rosenberg has a genius for developing and teaching practical skills urgently needed for a less violent, more caring world.

Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs.

Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.

Your communication should not be for you. Your communication should be a service vehicle to reach the other person. Talking is for the other person. Listening is for you.

Use the words "I feel because I" to remind us that what we feel it isn't because of what the other person did, but because of a choice I've made.

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

The cause of anger lies in our thinking - in thoughts of blame and judgment.

Some paint comes across directly onto the nervous system and other paint tells you the story in a long diatribe through the brain.

Don't get addicted to your requests. Your objective is needs, not requests. Because then it becomes a demand.

The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to the beauty within themselves.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

We know the speaker has received adequate empathy when a. we sense a release of tension, or b. the flow of words comes to a halt.

No communication takes place until the other person feels heard

If we don't tell people about our needs, it is much less likely they will be met.

As we learn to speak from the heart we are changing the habits of a lifetime.

Communication is the key to successful relationships.

The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking.

The intention behind the protective use of force is to prevent injury, never to punish or to cause individuals to suffer, repent or change.