More Quotes by Leo Buscaglia
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.
When love is accompanied with deep intimacy, it raises us to the highest level of human experience. In this exalted space, we can surrender our egos, become vulnerable and know levels of joy and well-being unique among life experiences. We attain a glimpse of the rapture that can be ours. Boundaries are blurred, there are no limitations and we rejoice in union. We become one and, at the same time, both.
Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.
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.
Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
We are not for everyone and everyone is not for us. The question is, 'If we cannot be with another, can we at least not hurt them? Can we, at least, find a way to coexist?'
