Leo Buscaglia quotes

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. (Leo Buscaglia)
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. View quote
Leo Buscaglia
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise. View quote
Leo Buscaglia
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. View quote
Leo Buscaglia
The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position. View quote
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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. View quote
Leo Buscaglia
Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. View quote
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Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. View quote
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Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. View quote
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Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. View quote
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A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. (Leo Buscaglia)
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. View quote
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. View quote
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Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. View quote
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Change is the end result of all true learning. View quote
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It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. View quote
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What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. View quote
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We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death. View quote
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Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. View quote
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The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you. View quote
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I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot. (Leo Buscaglia)
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life. View quote
Leo Buscaglia
Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose. View quote
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Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time. View quote
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When we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves. View quote
Leo Buscaglia