Leo Buscaglia

We all need each other.

— 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

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.

— Leo Buscaglia

Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self -- a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change -- the willful act of making the change, doing something.

— Leo Buscaglia

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

— Leo Buscaglia

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

— 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

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

— Leo Buscaglia

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

— Leo Buscaglia

What you are is God's gift to you, what you do with yourself is your gift to God.

— Leo Buscaglia

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

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

— Leo Buscaglia

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

— Leo Buscaglia

Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.

— Leo Buscaglia

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.

— 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

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

— Leo Buscaglia

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

— Leo Buscaglia

Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.

— Leo Buscaglia

Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance.

— Leo Buscaglia

A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in all the world. There is nothing that is an accident. You are a special combination for a purpose-and don't let them tell you otherwise, even if they tell you that purpose is an illusion. (Live an illusion if you have to). You are that combination so that you can do what is essential for you to do. Don't ever believe that you have nothing to contribute. The world is an incredible unfulfilled tapestry. And only you can fulfill that tiny space that is yours.

— Leo Buscaglia

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

— Leo Buscaglia

Most of us are pawns in a game of love we don't understand.

— Leo Buscaglia