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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

Leo Buscaglia

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
Author
Novelist
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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Gentleness
Cruel

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We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.
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A loving relationship is a wanting to celebrate, communicate, and know another's heart and soul.
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Catch the beauty of the moment!
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The essence of education is not to stuff you with facts but to help you discover your uniqueness, to teach you how to develop it, and then to show you how to give it away.
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A life of love is one of continual growth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to the wonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully.
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Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it is the only way to live life completely.
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.
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Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!
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Love is always changing and unless we stay aware and change with it, it eludes us.
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To be is to do, says the existentialist. One only becomes real (human) at the point of action.
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Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness, to teach him how to develop that uniqueness, and then to show him how to share it because that’s the only reason for having anything.
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