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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.

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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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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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We get together on the basis of our similarities we grow on the basis of our differences.
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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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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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I give life to that which I notice. What I don't notice dies.
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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 Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
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Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
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It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
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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 touched by them.
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