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Leo Buscaglia was an American author, speaker, and educator, renowned for his works on love and human relationships. His books and speeches have inspired countless individuals to pursue a more fulfilling life and deeper interpersonal connections.

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“It is when we ask for love less and begin giving it more that the basis of human love is revealed to us.”

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Author:Leo Buscaglia

“The human need to play is a powerful one. When we ignore it, we feel there is something missing in our lives.”

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“To live in love is life's greatest challenge. It requires more sublety, flexibility, sensitivity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, knowledge and strength than any other human endeavor.”

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Book:Love

Source: Love

“When love is accompanied with deep intimacy, it raises us to the highest level of human experience. In this exalted space, we can surrender our egos, become vulnerable and know levels of joy and well-being unique among life experiences. We attain a glimpse of the rapture that can be ours. Boundaries are blurred, there are no limitations and we rejoice in union. We become one and, at the same time, both.”

“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.”

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Author:Leo Buscaglia

“"To be is to do," says the existentialist. "One only becomes real (human) at the point of action."”

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Book:Love

Source: Love

“This loving person is a person who abhors waste - waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever.”

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Author:Leo Buscaglia

“Why do some people always see beautiful skies and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human beings, while others are hard-pressed to find anything or any place that is beautiful?”

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Book:LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

Source: LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

“Because you are human, you do have magic. Get in touch with it. When you feel the insanity rising, don't push it down. Let it come out. Just once-and then let me know what happens!”

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Book:LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

Source: LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

“Strong emotions are present in all people. Without feeling, we would not be human. It's unnatural for man to hide what he's feeling, though if taught to do so, he can learn. Love teaches a man to show what he is feeling. Love never presupposes that it can be discerned or felt without expression.”

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Book:Love

Source: Love

“I will love you if you are stupid, if you slip and fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being — I will love you no matter.”

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Author:Leo Buscaglia

About the Author

Born: March 31, 1924
Died: June 12, 1998
Known for: Author
Quotes: 252

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LoveRelated source material

LIVING, LOVING & LEARNINGRelated source material

Living, Loving, Learning (1982)Related source material

Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human RelationshipsRelated source material

Papa, my father: a celebration of dadsRelated source material

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