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What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

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
Secret
Call
Happiness
Life
Insightful
Willingness
Choose
Choices

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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.
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A life without passion is not living, it's merely existing
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The hardest battle you're ever going to fight is the battle to be just you.
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Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.
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The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all
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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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As soon as the love relationship does not lead me to me, as soon as I in a love relationship do not lead another person to himself, this love, even if it seems to be the most secure and ecstatic attachment I have ever experienced, is not true love. For real love is dedicated to continual becoming.
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Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
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The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.
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The human need to play is a powerful one. When we ignore it, we feel there is something missing in our lives.
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Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.
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I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God.
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Each man lives love in his limited fashion and does not seem to relate the resultant confusion and loneliness to his lack of knowledge about love.
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Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in.
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When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.
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Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
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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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I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.
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Listening is love in action.
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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?
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