“I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand and touch another person. When this is done, I feel contact has been made.”
Brief biography http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/satir2.html at Webster University
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American psychologist 1916–1988Related quotes

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness”

“Believing in yourself is the greatest gift you can give to your life.”
From the Aphorisms http://www.prevale.net/aphorisms.html page of the official website of Prevale
Original: (it) Credere in te stesso è il regalo più grande che puoi fare alla tua vita.

Quoted in "The Monk might make sense" http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-monk-might-make-sense-20100127-mz0v.html#ixzz249o58Ykh, The Age, January 28, 2010.
2010
Shakespeare over the Port (1960)

“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”