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Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

Virginia Satir

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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Psychotherapist
Social And Health Care Assistant
Social Worker
Teacher
Writer
Virginia M. Satir
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Communication
Life

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We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
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It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.
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Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.
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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 what happens to him in the world about him.
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Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, If it isn't illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing. We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no's that really matter.
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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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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 feeling very grateful.
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Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
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My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.
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The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
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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 does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.
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I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
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