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> [Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/over-the-years-i-have-developed-a-picture-of-what-a-human-being/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

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## More by Virginia Satir

> [You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/you-have-all-played-a-significant-part-in-my-development-of-loving-as/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/taste-everything-but-swallow-only-what-fits/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/once-a-human-being-has-arrived-on-this-earth-communication-is-the/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/over-the-years-i-have-developed-a-picture-of-what-a-human-being/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/we-need-to-see-ourselves-as-basic-miracles/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/the-greatest-gift-i-can-give-is-to-see-hear-understand-and-touch/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/communication-is-to-relationships-what-breath-is-to-life/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/i-regard-parenting-as-the-hardest-most-complicated-anxiety-ridden/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/no-one-s-fingerprints-are-exactly-the-same-as-anyone-else-s/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training took place in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/put-together-all-the-existing-families-and-you-have-society-it-is-as/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/it-s-sad-that-children-cannot-know-their-parents-when-they-were/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/i-want-to-appreciate-you-without-judging-join-you-without-invading/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/i-have-talked-about-choosing-rather-than-acting-from-compulsion-when/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/i-believe-the-greatest-gift-i-can-conceive-of-having-from-anyone-is/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

> [So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-satir/so-much-is-asked-of-parents-and-so-little-is-given/)

[Virginia Satir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-satir/)

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