Virginia Satir

“What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of the child's present.”

“I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.”

“The family is a microcosm. By knowing how to heal the family, I know how to heal the world.”

“I own me, and therefore I can engineer me. I am me, and I am okay.”

“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.”

“We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.”

“Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.”

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible.”

“Communication is to relationships what breathing is to life.”

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

“We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.”

“I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me.”

“Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth.”

“Peace is within you, it is not in the world. The world is a reflection of you.”