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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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Famous Leo Buscaglia Quotes

“We are not for everyone and everyone is not for us. The question is, 'If we cannot be with another, can we at least not hurt them? Can we, at least, find a way to coexist?'”

Ifs Way Hurt Coexist

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out they don't.”

Thinking Knows Way Findings Know It All

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“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.”

People Way Want Needs Believe Literature I Believe Change Destiny Loneliness Lonely Method What You Want Behave Be You Your Destiny Future Destiny I'm Lonely Control Your Destiny

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“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.”

People Way Needs Feels Light Roles Support Feel Good Offering

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“When you love someone you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of the tide and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible, in life as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom”

“We began this process, and fantastic things happened — to the way we felt, to the way we made other people feel, and the interaction among us. All this simply by using positive words!”

People Way Inspirational Feels Happens Things Happen Fantastic Positive Words

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“Ninety per-cent of what we worry about never happens, yet we worry and worry. What a horrible way to go through life! What a horrible thing to do to your colon!”

Way Inspirational Happens Worry Horrible Things To Do Cents Ninety Horrible Things

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“...the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.”

Ifs Way Giving Feels I Can Hate Love Is Relationship Opposites Damn Apathy Hate Me Not Giving A Damn

Book:LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

Source: LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

“It's amazing - you may not realize it, but so much of what you are not is because you are literally standing in your own way of becoming. And what I'm pleading with you about is, get the hell out of your own way.”

Way May Realizing Hell Becoming Standing Pleading

Book:LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

Source: LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

“There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't.”

Thinking Knows Way Long Answers Mistake Willing Findings Strive Personal Development Making Mistakes Betterment Know It All

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it is the only way to live life completely.”

Way Might Hurt Live Life Deep Love Way To Live

Author:Leo Buscaglia

“Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring. Choose the way of goodness. It's up to you. It's your choice.”

Way Choices Goodness Caring Up To You Way Of Love

Author:Leo Buscaglia

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

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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