A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself – to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.
LEO BUSCAGLIAThe most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.
More Leo Buscaglia Quotes
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Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance.
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If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.
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Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.
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Life is a great and wondrous mystery, and the only thing we know that we have for sure is what is right here right now. Don’t miss it.
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Happiness and love are just a choice away.
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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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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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Success often lies just the other side of failure.
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We never lose the people we love, even to death.
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We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.
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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.
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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.
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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 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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Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
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