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I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover. - Leo Buscaglia
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Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later. - Jack Welch
If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.
A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo. - Matt Berninger
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?'
Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means. ― Leo Buscaglia
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.
Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk. - Gary Ackerman
