All violence is the result of ...

All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished.
All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished.
 Marshall B. Rosenberg

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To practice the process of conflict resolution, we must completely abandon the goal of getting people to do what we want.
 Marshall B. Rosenberg
NVC suggests behind every action, however ineffective, tragic, violent, or abhorrent to us, is an attempt to meet a need.
 Marshall B. Rosenberg
As radical as it may seem, it is possible to do things only out of play. I believe that to the degree that we engage moment by moment in the playfulness of enriching life- motivated solely by the desire for its enrichment- to that degree are we being compassionate with ourselves.
 Marshall B. Rosenberg
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.
 Marshall B. Rosenberg
Power-Over leads to punishment and violence. Power-With leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger.
 Marshall B. Rosenberg