• "If you bring forth what is within you, it will heal you. And if you do not bring forth what is within you, it will destroy you." -- from the Gospel of St. Thomas
• "We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are." -- Talmud
• Loving yourself is not a selfish act - it is an act of loving kindness. --Carl Sayles, PsyD
• It's okay to ask for what you want or need, knowing that you don't always get what you've asked
for. --Virginia Satir
• Be responsible for what you think, say, and do, rather than projecting it on others or
denying it. --Virginia Satir
• Empathic listening is deeply therapeutic and healing because it gives a person the feeling of being heard and understood. If all of a sudden that feeling changed and you felt like you were no longer being listened to, then survival would become your primary motivation. The greatest of all human needs and desires is to be understood, affirmed, loved, valued and appreciated. When that happens – contact has been made and we can relax and enjoy all that life has to offer. --Carl Sayles, PsyD
• We create many challenges in our everyday life by simply assuming that our expectations are self-evident and that they are clearly understood and shared by others around us. --Carl Sayles, PsyD
• Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. --Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• Where there is love there is life. --Mohandas Gandhi
• Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love
means. --Leo Buscaglia