Quotes by Leo F. Buscaglia

“Happiness and love are just a choice away.”

“When we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.”

“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.”

“Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.”

“Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.”

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

“Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy.”

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

“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.”

“Dont smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”

“Mirror your partners dreams; the relationship will grow.”

“The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.”

“Even the best of friends face conflicts, but that neednt mean the end of the relationship.”

“We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.”

“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.”

“Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.”

“Dont spend your precious time asking Why isnt the world a better place? It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is How can I make it better? To that there is an answer.”

“The most human thing we have to do in life is is to learn to speak our honest convictions and feelings and live with the consequences. This is the first requirment of love, and it makes us vulnerable to other people who may ridicule us. But our vulnerability is the only thing we can give to other people.”

“...the opposite of love is not hate -- its apathy. Its not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must feel something ... or they couldnt possibly hate. Therefore, theres some way in which I can get to them.”