Virginia Satir Quotes

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• 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 live…
• I am me and I am okay.
• Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.
• As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
• You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
• I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and…
• Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training took place in the individual…
• Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
• The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that…
• I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem, the ability to relate intimately,…
• I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event…
• I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want…
• Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and…
• You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I leave…
• I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.
• I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
• It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues…
• The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
• Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy.
• The message sent is not always the message received.

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