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Virginia Satir
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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Virginia M. Satir
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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
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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 such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.
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Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.
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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 to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
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The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
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The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.
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I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.
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No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.
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Problems are not the problem coping is the problem.
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Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
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I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.
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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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The message sent is not always the message received.
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You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
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Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
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We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
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I am me and I am okay.
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