It Is Your Right To Be Happy.

Problems Assault Us To The Degree They Preoccupy Us. The Key To Release, Rest, And Inner Freedom Is Not The Elimination Of All External Difficulties. It Is Letting Go Of Our Pattern Of Reactions To Those Difficulties.

I'd Rather Be Happy Than Right.

Many Books On Communication Are Strong On Theory But Impractical On Application. Marshall Rosenberg's Instant Classic Is The Stand-out Exception. It Is Clear And Compelling In Its Logic And Flat-out Inspiring In Its Inviting Exposition Of Usable Techniques And Strategies. If This Book Is Read By Enough People, The World Will Transform.

If A Man Takes Off His Sunglasses I Can Hear Him Better.

When Someone Disagrees With Me, I Do Not Have To Immediately Start Revising What I Just Said. People Don't Want Me To Always Agree With Them. They Can Sense This Is Phony. They Can Sense I Am Trying To Control Them: I Am Agreeing With Them To Make Them Like Me. They Feel; "i Don't Want To Exist To Like You. I Don't Exist To Like You."