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Man created words to free himself

When man has love he is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than himself, for he, himself, beco...

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There comes a time in some relationships when no matter how sincere the attempt to reconcile the dif...

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Loving Each Other

Loving relationships, though necessary for life, health, and growth, are among the most complicated ...

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Loving Each Other

....though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often utterly without prepara...

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Even after centuries of human interacting, children still continue to rebel against their parents an...

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Definition of a relationship - an enduring, mutually-agreed upon connection or union, which fulfills...

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Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine it becomes more satisfying more refreshin...

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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that...

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest co...

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There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciat...

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A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness." -Leo Buscaglia (192...

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Happiness and love are just a choice away.

A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself - to laugh with me but ne...

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A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, alistening ear, an honest com...

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Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means...

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

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Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God

We all fear what we don't know-it's natural.

When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those...

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When we feel joyful euphoric happy we are more open to life more capable of seeing things clearl...

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What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.

Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety ...

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Why do some people always see beautiful skies and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human bein...

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Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.

There are two big forces at work external and internal. We have very little control over external f...

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Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning an...

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Nine times out of ten when you extend your arms to someone they will step in because basically th...

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The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people wan...

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I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and ...

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If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only s...

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Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding ...

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The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with eve...

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

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be l...

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

Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes an...

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What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.

Change is the end result of all true learning.

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

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

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

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We all need each other.

I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid ...

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Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.

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

...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, th...

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest ac...

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You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street an...

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Every day we are offered new means for learning and growing in love.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower share a bit of knowledge and it becomes an...

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The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you.

Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness.

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be l...

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Don't walk in my head with your dirty feet.

Living Loving and Learning

To love oneself is to struggle to rediscover and maintain your uniqueness

Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both

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Leo Buscaglia

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Born: 1924-03-31

Died: 1998-06-12

Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia Ph.D. (31 March 1924 – 11 June 1998), also known as "Dr. Love," was an American author, motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California.More