Leo Buscaglia citations

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“Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us.”

“Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.”

“The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.”

“Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally.”

“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.”

“To love others you must first love yourself.”

“When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.”

“Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance”

“Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!”

“Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.”

“In the end you have only you.”

“After all, the wrong is done. It is past and cannot be changed. We have only the present and the future upon which to move forward.”

“Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.”

“Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!”

“The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You can only give away what you have… If you have love, you can give it. If you don't have it, you don't have it to give.”

“It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.”

“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.”

“We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.”

“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.”

“The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all”

“I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.”

“When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.”

“This loving person is a person who abhors waste — waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever.”

“I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.”

“A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love.”

“We are born for love, but it will die if not nurtured.”