When we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.
LEO BUSCAGLIAWhen we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.
LEO BUSCAGLIAMost of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us.
LEO BUSCAGLIARelish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!
LEO BUSCAGLIAChoose 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.
LEO BUSCAGLIAThe 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.
LEO BUSCAGLIAWhat we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
LEO BUSCAGLIAAfter 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.
LEO BUSCAGLIALove 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.
LEO BUSCAGLIARisks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
LEO BUSCAGLIAI have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate – it’s apathy. It’s not giving a damn.
LEO BUSCAGLIAYour talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
LEO BUSCAGLIAOnly the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
LEO BUSCAGLIAThe 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 BUSCAGLIAStop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
LEO BUSCAGLIAWhen we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.
LEO BUSCAGLIAChange. 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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