Quotes from Leo Buscaglia

We all need each other.

Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both

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

We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be.

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

Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The Person who risks nothing, has nothing and becomes nothing.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate — it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

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

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 if there had been at least some rudimentary learning before they entered the partnership....And that statement is equally valid for all relationships.

Man created words to free himself

Love, it seems, fits perfectly into no one of these molds for it may be all at once; a state of ecstasy, a state of joy, a state of disillusionment, a rational state or an irrational state

Each of us is responsible for creating an environment of warmth and consideration for those we love. I have always tried to define a good day not in terms of one in which all things were made right and comfortable for me but rather, as a day in which I have been able to make another's day more loving and special for them. We must treat each other with dignity. Not because we merit it but because we grow best in thoughtfulness.

When love is accompanied with deep intimacy, it raises us to the highest level of human experience. In this exalted space, we can surrender our egos, become vulnerable and know levels of joy and well-being unique among life experiences. We attain a glimpse of the rapture that can be ours. Boundaries are blurred, there are no limitations and we rejoice in union. We become one and, at the same time, both.

What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for eternity.

To try is to risk failure. But risks need to be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel change, grow, love and live. Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave; they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free.

People are not here to meet your expectations.

We find we have little to guide us in our search and must put trust in the only power we have, that natural instinct that propels us toward creation, choice, liberation and change. We must yield to the challenge of becoming fully human and trust in our human processes in the hope that they will lead us there. Out challenge then is clear, to make as much of the illusion as possible a reality. After all, our reality is not more than what was once our illusion.

Los crueles son los debiles; la bondad sólo puede esperarse de los fuertes.

Man must never be satisfied with his ability to love. No matter where he is, it is always just the beginning.

You are all you have. Therefore, make yourself the most beautiful, tender, wonderful, fantastic person in the world. And then you will always survive.

You may not have before you the most creative and satisfying day to live, but you know that live it you must. You can make the day a chore; dull, nerve-wracking, frustrating, a waste of time. Or the same day can be taken on with energy, enthusiasm and a determination to make it one of the best days of your life, for yourself and those about you.

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

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things...I play with leaves, I skip down the street and run against the wind.