Gabor Maté
Hungarian-Canadian physician known for his work on trauma, addiction, stress, and child development. His teachings connect medical insight with deep psychological and spiritual understanding, particularly through compassion-based inquiry. Author of When the Body Says No, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, and The Myth of Normal.
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Quotes by Gabor Maté
98 quotes“Don't normalize what is harmful.”
discriminationThe Myth of Normal
“To love is to be willing to feel everything.”
loveThe Myth of Normal
“What you avoid in yourself, you will see in others.”
projectionThe Myth of Normal
“Health is wholeness, not perfection.”
healthThe Myth of Normal
“To be a parent is to do shadow work.”
parentingHold On to Your Kids
“Children attune to who we are, not what we say.”
parentingHold On to Your Kids
“Stress is the gap between expectation and reality.”
stressWhen the Body Says No
“To say no to others is sometimes to say yes to yourself.”
boundariesWhen the Body Says No
“All compassion begins with self-compassion.”
compassionThe Myth of Normal
“Trauma is more common than we realize.”
traumaThe Myth of Normal
“Curiosity is the first act of healing.”
curiosityThe Myth of Normal
“What you cannot feel, you cannot heal.”
healingThe Myth of Normal
“Real medicine includes the soul.”
medicineWhen the Body Says No
“To meet yourself with compassion is the deepest practice.”
self-compassionThe Myth of Normal
“Heal what you can. Honor what you cannot.”
acceptanceThe Myth of Normal
“You are worthy of love, not for what you do, but for what you are.”
worthThe Myth of Normal
“Trauma whispers, then speaks, then shouts.”
traumaIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
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