Virginia Satir Quotes

If you don’t understand how problems came to be, how are you going to know how to fix them?

Confusing common causes with special causes will only make things worse.

Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be ascertained, before the remedy is devised.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

Microsoft is not the problem. Microsoft is the symptom.

The answers are always inside the problem, not outside.

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.

To arrive at the definition of the problem he must begin by finding the 'critical factor'. This is the element (or elements) in the situation that has to be changed before anything else can be changed, moved, acted upon.

We need to be in the open mode when we are pondering a problem, but, once we come up with a solution, we must then switch to the closed mode to implement it.

The meaning and design of a problem seem not to lie in its solution, but in our working at it incessantly.

Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.

When you have a problem, the first thing to do in addressing it is to honestly identify it.

If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.

Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution.

Killing the dog does not cure the bite.

All problems are finally scientific problems.

You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem.

Our national problems usually do not cause nearly as much harm as the solutions.

In a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.

A desperation to escape a problem is the wrong way. A passion to understand it is the right way

Instead of seeking to pinpoint blame, seek to understand cause.

I think being a producer makes you a problem solver, so you kind of go, "Well there's a problem. What do we do? How do we solve it?"

Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.

Everything is relative. If you want to understand a problem you look at its cause. You don’t look at its manifestation.

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.