362 Quotes by Leo Buscaglia

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.

Tact is rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in.

I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.

This loving person is a person who abhors waste-waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever.

Each of us is responsible for creating an environment of warmth and consideration for those we love. I have always tried to define a good day not in terms of one in which all things were made right and comfortable for me but rather, as a day in which I have been able to make another's day more loving and special for them. We must treat each other with dignity. Not because we merit it but because we grow best in thoughtfulness....

Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.

People are not here to meet your expectations.

I am a teacher. And I think I am a serious one who happens to be enjoying life.

As long as you are free, you are free to select and choose alternatives, provided that you are willing to accept the responsibility for being free. And after you've tried your alternatives, and they don't work as you would wish, don't blame me. Blame your choice. Try another alternative.