The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new. Leo Buscaglia More Quotes by Leo Buscaglia More Quotes From Leo Buscaglia Knowing that one is always capable of change, the second step lies in making the decision to change. Change does not occur by merely willing it anymore than behavior changes simply through insight. Leo Buscaglia behavior-change love lying It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it. Leo Buscaglia running love people A loving relationship is a wanting to celebrate, communicate, and know another's heart and soul. Leo Buscaglia celebrate soul heart I am often accused of being childish. I prefer to interpret that as child-like. I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things. I tend to exaggerate and fantasize and embellish. I still listen to instinctual urges. I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. It has been after such times of joy that I have achieved my greatest creativity and produced my best work. Leo Buscaglia creativity running children Experience seems to convince us that only fools trust, that only fools believe and accept all things. If this is true, then love is most foolish. For if it is not founded on trust, belief and acceptance, it's not love. Leo Buscaglia acceptance love believe Strong emotions are present in all people. Without feeling, we would not be human. It's unnatural for man to hide what he's feeling, though if taught to do so, he can learn. Love teaches a man to show what he is feeling. Love never presupposes that it can be discerned or felt without expression. Leo Buscaglia strong expression men Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in. Leo Buscaglia rubbing-it tact mistake Man seldom questions the fact that ugliness and evil are to be found in the world. But he's never as ready to accept that life also offers unlimited beauty and potential for joy as well as endless opportunities for pleasure. Leo Buscaglia endless-opportunities opportunity men As long as you are free, you are free to select and choose alternatives, provided that you are willing to accept the responsibility for being free. And after you've tried your alternatives, and they don't work as you would wish, don't blame me. Blame your choice. Try another alternative. Leo Buscaglia freedom responsibility long In order to learn, you have to be free. You have to be free to experiment, free to try, free to make mistakes. Leo Buscaglia mistake trying order To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees, I grew up as a part of his garden. Leo Buscaglia eggplant garden thinking A life without passion is not living, it's merely existing Leo Buscaglia merely-existing gratitude passion We have to get children to understand that not only do they have this incredible uniqueness, but they also have something that sometimes we forget about. They are also potentiality. They are much more undiscovered than they are discovered. And there's the wonder of it. It doesn't matter where they are, they're only just beginning and the big magical trip of life is digging it all out and discovering the wonderful you. Leo Buscaglia digging matter children He must also know evil, hate and bigotry as real phenomena, but he must see love as the greater force. He must not doubt this even for a moment or he is lost. His only salvation is to dedicate himself to love, in the same fashion as Gandhi did to militant nonviolence, as Socrates to truth, as Jesus did to love and as More did to integrity. Only then will he have the strength to combat the forces of doubt, confusion and contradiction. He can depend upon no on or no thing for reinforcement and assurance but himself. Leo Buscaglia fashion love jesus Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy. Leo Buscaglia everyday love-you love-is The only people who become wealthy by being concerned with the future are insurance companies. Leo Buscaglia insurance-companies wealth people Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life. Leo Buscaglia forgiving responsibility perfect Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all. Leo Buscaglia differences heart life Life is our greatest possession and love its greatest affirmation. Leo Buscaglia affirmation and-love life-is Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair. Leo Buscaglia loneliness men lying
