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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
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LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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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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Things omitted are often more deadly than errors committed.
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Strong emotions are present in all people. Without feeling, we would not be human. It's unnatural for man to hide what he's feeling, though if taught to do so, he can learn. Love teaches a man to show what he is feeling. Love never presupposes that it can be discerned or felt without expression.
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If you want to learn to love, then you must start the process of finding out what it is, what qualities make up a loving person and how these are developed. Each person has the potential for love. But potential is never realized without work.
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To the extent to which you know yourself, and we are all more alike than different, you can know others. When you love yourself, you will love others. And to the depth and extent to which you can love yourself, only to that depth and extent will you be able to love others.
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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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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 is a dynamic interaction, lived every second of our lives, all of our lives.
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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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Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out they don't.
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A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love.
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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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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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Don't over analyze your relationships.
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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
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What love we've given, we'll have forever.
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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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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.
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Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in.
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