Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
LEO BUSCAGLIAWhen we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.
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We are born for love, but it will die if not nurtured.
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In a crazy world, it’s only your insanity that will keep you sane.
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Perfect love is rare indeed.
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Don’t walk in my head with your dirty feet.
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I have learned that love is the most powerful force available to us. When we have real love we have the strength to perform miracles.
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The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all.
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Even after centuries of human interacting, children still continue to rebel against their parents and siblings.
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You are the only you. You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.
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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.
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Love creates an “us” without destroying the “me”.
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I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate – it’s apathy. It’s not giving a damn.
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Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act.
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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.
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The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.
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Love is like a mirror. When you love another you become his mirror and he becomes yours. And reflecting each other’s love you see infinity.
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Success often lies just the other side of failure.
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We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces – we become the powerful force ourselves.
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Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.
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Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie’s man’s only promise.
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Definition of a relationship – an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live.
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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
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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.
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We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.
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We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes.
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It is when we ask for love less and begin giving it more that the basis of human love is revealed to us.
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Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.
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