More Quotes by Leo Buscaglia
Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.
Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.
Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.
A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.
Love creates an "us" without destroying the "me".
Each of us is responsible for creating an environment of warmth and consideration for those we love. I have always tried to define a good day not in terms of one in which all things were made right and comfortable for me but rather, as a day in which I have been able to make another's day more loving and special for them. We must treat each other with dignity. Not because we merit it but because we grow best in thoughtfulness.
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.
