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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.
We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.
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.
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.
You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
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.
We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
