Quotes by 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.

Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness.

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

Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise the flexibility of the child the sensitivity of the artist the understanding of the philosopher the acceptance of the saint the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely willingly and without expectation. We dont love to be loved we love to love.

I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. Were afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, What a jerk! It takes courage in our culture to be a lover.

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

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

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - its apathy. Its not giving a damn.

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We dont love to be loved; we love to love.

We all need each other.

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

I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.

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

Dont brood. Get on with living and loving. You dont have forever.

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

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.

The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street.

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

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.