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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
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Happiness
Life
Insightful
Willingness
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To that there is an answer.
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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.
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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.
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Man seldom questions the fact that ugliness and evil are to be found in the world. But he's never as ready to accept that life also offers unlimited beauty and potential for joy as well as endless opportunities for pleasure.
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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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Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in.
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We will only begin to forgive when we can look upon the wrongdoers as ourselves, neither better nor worse. We need to remember that we coexist as mortals in the world, together, the wronged and the wrongdoer, and that, in our common humanity, the situation could readily be reversed.
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The only people who become wealthy by being concerned with the future are insurance companies.
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I love to think that the day you're born, you're given the world as a birthday present.
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God made mud, God made dirt, God made boys so girls could flirt.
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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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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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Your talent is God's gift to you.
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Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact. Wise is the person who finds a reason to make every day a special one.
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Things omitted are often more deadly than errors committed.
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The heart is the place where we live our passions. It is frail and easily broken, but wonderfully resilient. There is no point in trying to deceive the heart. It depends upon our honesty for its survival.
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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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When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.
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A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love.
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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
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