Quotes from Leo Buscaglia

The way to anybody's heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal.

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.

Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair.

In love, each man is his own personal challenge.

Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact. Wise is the person who finds a reason to make every day a special one.

The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret

Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

To that there is an answer.

Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. Certainly it is worth the risk.

Happiness is intrinsic, it's an internal thing. When you build it into yourself, no external circumstances can take it away.

There is nothing quite so satisfying, and so healing, as a good cry.

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.

It is the foregiver who is freed in foregiving.

Learn to bend. It's better than breaking.

In the end you have only you.

Your talent is God's gift to you.

We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

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

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

Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

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