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We get together on the basis of our similarities we grow on the basis of our differences.

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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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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Problems are not the problem coping is the problem.
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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
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Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
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You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
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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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Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.
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The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.
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Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.
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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 the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.
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Rearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and an adult female join to steer a child from infancy to adulthood.
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Why Family Therapy...because it deals with family pain.
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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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We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.
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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 so that you never disappoint or hurt anybody, then your life is a continual assessment of whether or not you please other people.
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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
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