Leo Buscaglia Quotes

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.

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

We all need each other.

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

A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself — to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart

I am a teacher. And I think I am a serious one who happens to be enjoying life.

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.

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.

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.

Biologically and physiologically, we are not equal. Some of us learn better at different times of day. Some learn best visually, some auditorially, some tactilely, by touching.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

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

Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.