The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position. - Leo Buscaglia
...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. - Leo Buscaglia
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! - Leo Buscaglia
There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. - Leo Buscaglia
Change is the end result of all true learning. - Leo Buscaglia
Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love. - Leo Buscaglia
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate — it’s apathy. It’s not giving a damn. - Leo Buscaglia
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, alistening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, allof which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia
Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance - Leo Buscaglia
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. - Leo Buscaglia
I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it. - Leo Buscaglia
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 - Leo Buscaglia
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia
Live,love and learn - Leo Buscaglia
You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else. - Leo Buscaglia
Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion. - Leo Buscaglia
Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness." - (1924-1998) - Leo Buscaglia
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. - Leo Buscaglia
The easiest thing in the world to be is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position. - Leo Buscaglia
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means. - Leo Buscaglia
The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you. - Leo Buscaglia
A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world. - Leo Buscaglia
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. - Leo Buscaglia
No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Buscaglia
Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. - Leo Buscaglia