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.
LEO BUSCAGLIAWhen we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.
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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!
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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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Anything that is learned can be unlearned and relearned.
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The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.
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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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Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.
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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.
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When we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.
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Every moment spent in unhappiness is a moment of happiness lost.
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Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
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Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
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What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
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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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A life of love is one of continual growth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to the wonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully.
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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You are a special combination for a purpose.
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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!
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If you don’t like the scene you’re in, if you’re unhappy, if you’re lonely, if you don’t feel that things are happening, change your scene. Paint a new backdrop.
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When 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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No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.
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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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Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring. Choose the way of goodness. It’s up to you. It’s your choice.
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L.O.V.E. Such a good word. Such a limitless word. Such a limitless concept.
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Don’t walk in my head with your dirty feet.
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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.
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Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.
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