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More Quotes by Virginia Satir
As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.
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.
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.
It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is willing to take risks, to be creative, to manifest competence, to change when the situation calls for it, and to find ways to accommodate to what is new and different, keeping that part of the old that is still useful and discarding what is not.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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.
