We are born for love, but it will die if not nurtured.
LEO BUSCAGLIAWhat love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
More Leo Buscaglia Quotes
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Loving relationships, though necessary for life, health, and growth, are among the most complicated skills.
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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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Perfect love is rare indeed.
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Loving memories last forever, I am at a loss for words during this sorrowful time. Please know that I am thinking of you and praying for peace and comfort.
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Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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To love others you must first love yourself.
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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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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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After all, the wrong is done. It is past and cannot be changed. We have only the present and the future upon which to move forward.
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When we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.
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