Quotes by Leo Buscaglia
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We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

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

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.

The way to anybody's heart is through a thoughtfully-prepared, beautifully-executed, lovingly-presented meal.

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.

Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

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

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

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