362 Quotes by Leo Buscaglia

Loving yourself involves the discovery of the true wonder of you; not only the present you, but the many possibilities of you. It involves the continual realization that you are unique, like no other person in the world, that life is, or should be, the discovery, the development and the sharing of this uniqueness.

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.

I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God.

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

Loving means sharing joy with people.

Ninety per-cent of what we worry about never happens, yet we worry and worry. What a horrible way to go through life! What a horrible thing to do to your colon!

The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them.