"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, "Love", 1972)
"Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"If one wishes to know love, one must live love, in action. Thoughts, readings and discourse on love are of value only as they present questions to be acted upon." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"If you want to learn to love, then you must start the process of finding out what it is, what qualities make up a loving person and how these are developed. Each person has the potential for love. But potential is never realized without work." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"Knowing that one is always capable of change, the second step lies in making the decision to change. Change does not occur by merely willing it anymore than behavior changes simply through insight." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"Love and the self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"Love is a dynamic interaction, lived every second of our lives, all of our lives." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"Love is like a mirror. When you love another you become his mirror and he becomes yours. [...] And reflecting each other's love you see infinity." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"Love revels in and grows in the moment and the joy of the moment." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"Man seldom questions the fact that ugliness and evil are to be found in the world. But he's never as ready to accept that life also offers unlimited beauty and potential for joy as well as endless opportunities for pleasure." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"To live in love is life's greatest challenge. It requires more subtlety, flexibility, sensitivity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, knowledge and strength than any other human endeavor." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness. It is understanding and appreciating the idea that you will be the only you to ever live upon this earth, that when you die so will all of your fantastic possibilities. It is the realization that even you are not totally aware of the wonders which lie dormant within yourself." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"To the extent to which you know yourself, and we are all more alike than different, you can know others. When you love yourself, you will love others. And to the depth and extent to which you can love yourself, only to that depth and extent will you be able to love others." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position." (Leo Buscaglia, "Love", 1972)
"Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all." (Leo Buscaglia, "Living Loving and Learning", 1982)
"The essence of education is not to stuff you with facts but to help you discover your uniqueness, to teach you how to develop it, and then to show you how to give it away." (Leo Buscaglia, "Living Loving and Learning", 1982)
"The most important thing in the world is that you make yourself a loving person, because this is what you will be giving away [...]" (Leo Buscaglia, "Living Loving and Learning", 1982)
"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 and feel and change and grow and love and live." (Leo Buscaglia, "Living Loving and Learning", 1982)
"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing." (Leo Buscaglia, "Living Loving and Learning", 1982)
"Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness." (Leo Buscaglia, "Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships", 1984)
"Life is our greatest possession and love its greatest affirmation." (Leo Buscaglia, "Born for Love: Reflections on Loving", 1992)
"We are born for love, but it will die if not nurtured." (Leo Buscaglia, [interview] 1998)
"We can ask ourselves daily what we have done to make the world a better place, to make someone smile, to help someone to feel more secure, etc. It's the simple things which have the greatest effect. We must never underestimate the strength of a smile or act of kindness." (Leo Buscaglia, [interview] 1998)
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