Quotes by Leo Buscaglia

“Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.”

“...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which...”

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, alistening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, allof which have the potential to turn a life around.”

“You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.”

“Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.”

“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.”

“There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a ha...”

“The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you.”

“Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.”

“Even after centuries of human interacting, children still continue to rebel against their parents and siblings. Young marrieds look upon their in-laws and parents as obstacles to their independence...”

“A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world.”

“Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”

“When man has love he is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than himself, for he, himself, becomes the powerful force”

“Change is the end result of all true learning.”

“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, ...”

“Man created words to free himself”

“There comes a time in some relationships when no matter how sincere the attempt to reconcile the differences or how strong the wish to recreate a part of the past once shared, the struggle becomes ...”

“Loving relationships, though necessary for life, health, and growth, are among the most complicated skills. Before we can be successful at achieving relationships, it is necessary that we broaden o...”

“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.”

“....though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often utterly without preparation for the partnership function. How much agony and remorse and failure could have been avoided...”