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.
LEO BUSCAGLIAWe are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces – we become the powerful force ourselves.
More Leo Buscaglia Quotes
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We never lose the people we love, even to death.
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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
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Living, loving & learning.
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Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life.
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Anything that is learned can be unlearned and relearned.
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A single rose can be my garden – a single friend, my world.
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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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Love creates an “us” without destroying the “me”.
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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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Love yourself- accept yourself- forgive yourself and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.
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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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In the end you have only you.
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We all need each other.
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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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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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