Quotes by Leo Buscaglia

"Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong."

"Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise."

"Change is the end result of all true learning."

"Change is the end result of all true learning."

"Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself."

"I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn."

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

"Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love."

"Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever."

"Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized."

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

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God."

"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."

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."

"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way."

"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."

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

"Change is the end result of all true learning."

"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."

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God."

"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."

"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."

"What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity."