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Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
Leo Buscaglia
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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
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Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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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.
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There is only the moment. The now. Only what you are experiencing at this second is real.
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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.
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Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.
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I was one of those fortunate individuals who grew up in a large, passionate, demonstrative Italian family where we were taught to love as naturally as we breathed and ate giant bowls of pasta!
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We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.
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One does not fall in or out of love. One grows in love.
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Happiness is intrinsic, it's an internal thing. When you build it into yourself, no external circumstances can take it away.
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We are so ruled by what people tell us we must be that we have forgotten who we are.
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...the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must feel something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.
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Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
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Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. Certainly it is worth the risk.
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There are many miracles in the world to be celebrated and, for me, garlic is the most deserving.
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It doesn't matter who you have hurt, if you've learned not to hurt again. It doesn't matter what mistakes you've made as long as you don't make them again. As long as you learn, as long as you're willing to take your life in your hands, and kiss it and go from there. Then there is growth. There there is life!
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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
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It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.
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Change is the end result of all true learning.
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No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.
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Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.
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Love is a dynamic interaction, lived every second of our lives, all of our lives.
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