What do years have to do with age? Leo Buscaglia More Quotes by Leo Buscaglia More Quotes From Leo Buscaglia Too often we underestimate the power of a touch. Leo Buscaglia smilekindnessappreciation Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. Leo Buscaglia strengthinspirationallife You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else. Leo Buscaglia second-best A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one. Leo Buscaglia emptyemptinessmatter To the extent to which you know yourself, and we are all more alike than different, you can know others. When you love yourself, you will love others. And to the depth and extent to which you can love yourself, only to that depth and extent will you be able to love others. Leo Buscaglia differentdepthlove-you We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves. Leo Buscaglia puppetspowerfulliterature He must understand that if he is the world's finest plum and someone he loves does not like plums, he has the choice of becoming a banana. But he must be warned that if he chooses to become a banana, he will be a second rate banana. But he can always be the best plum. Leo Buscaglia choicesdoelove If he desired to know about automobiles, he would, without question, study diligently about automobiles. If his wife desired to be a gourmet cook, she'd certainly study the art of cooking, perhaps even attending a cooking class. Yet, it never seems as obvious to him that if he wants to live in love, he must spend at least as much time as the auto mechanic or the gourmet in studying love. Leo Buscaglia cooking-classeswifeart A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love. Leo Buscaglia learningcouragelife Joy is always an integral part of loving. There is joy in every act of life, no matter how menial or repetitive. To work in love is to work in joy. To live in love is to live in joy... Why not choose joy?... Why not live in joy? Leo Buscaglia worklove-islife Ninety per-cent of what we worry about never happens, yet we worry and worry. What a horrible way to go through life! What a horrible thing to do to your colon! Leo Buscaglia worryinspirationalway Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both. Leo Buscaglia selfdiscoverylove I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot. Leo Buscaglia gentlekindmen 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? Leo Buscaglia heartbrokenmoving-onheartbreak If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action. Thoughts, readings and discourse on love are of value only as they present questions to be acted upon. Leo Buscaglia readingwishaction The oppposite of Love is not Hate - it's apathy. Leo Buscaglia apathyhatelove-is Child development: Most damaging course of action is attempting to keep children from experience or protect them from pain, for it is this time that children learn that life is a magic thing, if "not a rose garden." The parent's role is primarily to stand by with a good supply of band-aids. Leo Buscaglia paingardenchildren I love to think that the day you're born, you're given the world as a birthday present. Leo Buscaglia babyinspirationalthinking I get so sick and tired of hearing people gripe about what their parents did to them. You know what your parents did to you? The best thing they could do. The best thing they knew how, the only thing in many cases that they knew how. Nobody has set out maliciously to hurt their child, unless they were psychotic. Leo Buscaglia tiredhurtchildren We created time, and now we have become the slave of time. Leo Buscaglia slaveinspirational
