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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.

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
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LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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Don't over analyze your relationships.
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To love is to risk not being loved in return.
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A loving relationship is a wanting to celebrate, communicate, and know another's heart and soul.
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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!
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Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both.
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Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness. -Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)
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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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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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That's love. That's all it means. It means sharing joy with people.
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To that there is an answer.
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We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them.
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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 revels in and grows in the moment and the joy of the moment.
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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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God made mud, God made dirt, God made boys so girls could flirt.
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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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One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.
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There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.
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