Leo Buscaglia Quotes - Page 3

Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us.

Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God

Loving yourself involves the discovery of the true wonder of you; not only the present you, but the many possibilities of you. It involves the continual realization that you are unique, like no other person in the world, that life is, or should be, the discovery, the development and the sharing of this uniqueness.

Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!

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

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Don't walk in my head with your dirty feet.

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in all the world. The world is an incredible unfulfilled tapestry, and only you can fulfill that tiny space that is yours.

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

Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.

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.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't.

In the end you have only you.

Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self - a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change - the willful act of making the change, doing something.

You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation.

Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring. Choose the way of goodness. It's up to you. It's your choice.

The most important thing in the world is that you make yourself a loving person, because this is what you will be giving away.

In life and in love, there is only that moment, the NOW. The only reality we know is what we experience this very second. Reality is not what has passed or what has yet to come into being. Grabbing hold of this simple idea makes life magical because it brings love alive.

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.

You can only give away what you have ... If you have love, you can give it. If you don't have it, you don't have it to give.

In a crazy world, it's only your insanity that will keep you sane

What do years have to do with age?

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

Why do we protect children from life? It's no wonder that we become afraid to live. We're not told what life really is. We're not told that life is joy and wonder and magic and even rapture, if you can get involved enough. We're not told that life is also pain, misery, despair, unhappiness, and tears. I don't know about you, but I don't want to miss any of it. I want to embrace life, and I want to find out what it's all about. I wouldn't want to go through life without knowing what it is to cry.