Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
LEO BUSCAGLIAOnly the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
More Leo Buscaglia Quotes
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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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What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
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Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
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Change is the end result of all true learning.
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Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.
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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.
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Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
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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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Loving relationships, though necessary for life, health, and growth, are among the most complicated skills.
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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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Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
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Even after centuries of human interacting, children still continue to rebel against their parents and siblings.
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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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Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter’s frost and chill, summer’s warmth is in them still.
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A single rose can be my garden – a single friend, my world.
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