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Learn to bend. It's better than breaking.

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
Bend
Breaking
Learn
Inspirational
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A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself -- to laugh with me, but never at me to cry with me, but never because of me to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart
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Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy.
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Everybody is teaching Everybody to Love at every moment.
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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.
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You have the choice. You can choose joy over despair, happiness over tears, action over apathy, growth over stagnation.
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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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A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
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You can't imagine the joy I feel when I hear that something I've said or done or written has helped others to regain their sense of dignity, to motivate them to develop their unique potential, to encourage them to reach out to others in love.
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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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The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.
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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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When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.
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Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.
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There is only the moment. The now. Only what you are experiencing at this second is real.
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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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Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
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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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Don't over analyze your relationships.
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Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
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A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.
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