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More Quotes by Virginia Satir
We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.
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.
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.
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
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.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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.
