"The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made……" — Virginia Satir
"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 we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience."
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42 Quotes by Virginia Satir
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I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to…
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I am me and I am okay.
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Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.
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As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
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You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
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I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by…
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Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training…
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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem,…
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I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it…
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I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still…
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Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships…
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Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie.
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I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed…
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Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance…
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The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part…
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We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
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Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
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Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
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Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next…
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All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the…
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To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the…
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We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male…
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We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused…
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