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“Children's emotional pain is real. It must not be dismissed.”
compassionHold On to Your Kids
“Healing happens in relationship.”
healingThe Myth of Normal
“Your body remembers what your mind has forgotten.”
bodyWhen the Body Says No
“Compassion is the antidote to shame.”
compassionThe Myth of Normal
“What gets passed down through generations is not just genes. It is also pain.”
traumaThe Myth of Normal
“Compassionate inquiry asks: where does this come from?”
inquiryThe Myth of Normal
“Suppressing emotions is not a virtue. It is a wound.”
emotionWhen the Body Says No
“The body says yes when you cannot.”
bodyWhen the Body Says No
“To honor your no is to honor yourself.”
boundariesWhen the Body Says No
“All anger has a child crying behind it.”
angerThe Myth of Normal
“Don't ask what's wrong with you. Ask what happened to you.”
compassionIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
“The way out is the way through.”
pathIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
“To love yourself is to listen to yourself.”
self-loveThe Myth of Normal
“Children remember not what you said but how you made them feel.”
feelingHold On to Your Kids
“Disease is often the body's last resort to be heard.”
bodyWhen the Body Says No
“There is no separating the personal from the political when it comes to trauma.”
traumaThe Myth of Normal
“You must learn to befriend your inner child.”
inner-childThe Myth of Normal
“Recovery is a return to the self that was always there.”
recoveryThe Myth of Normal
“The greatest damage done by neglect, trauma, or emotional loss is not the immediate pain they inflict, but the long-term distortions they induce.”
traumaIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
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