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Definition of a relationship - an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills certain needs of the individuals involved and the society in which they live.

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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To be is to do, says the existentialist. One only becomes real (human) at the point of action.
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Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally.
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Labels are distancing phenomena. They push us away from each other.
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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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Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
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To love is to risk not being loved in return.
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Love is a dynamic interaction, lived every second of our lives, all of our lives.
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Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance
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Because you are human, you do have magic. Get in touch with it. When you feel the insanity rising, don't push it down. Let it come out. Just once-and then let me know what happens!
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In order to learn, you have to be free. You have to be free to experiment, free to try, free to make mistakes.
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Everybody is teaching Everybody to Love at every moment.
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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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Change is the end result of all true learning.
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Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!
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Experience seems to convince us that only fools trust, that only fools believe and accept all things. If this is true, then love is most foolish. For if it is not founded on trust, belief and acceptance, it's not love.
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Listening is love in action.
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