Leo Buscaglia Quotes

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Leo Buscaglia

Profession : Author

Birth : March 31, 1924

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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The purpose of life is to help others, and if you can't help them, won't you at least not hurt them? I know that is a platitude, that that is sentimental and can easily be attacked. But loving, caring is simple, and we make it complex. Our own neuroses make it complex.

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Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

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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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Hugs make you feel psychologically more secure and together.

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It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

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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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Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise.

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I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.

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I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.

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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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We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

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Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

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If you're an advocate of gentleness, you're simplistic and naive. If you're an advocate of despair and hate, you're sophisticated.

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The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.

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I got the copyright for love!

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My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.

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I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread.

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Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.

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I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.

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