American - Author | March 31, 1924 - June 12, 1998
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.
Leo Buscaglia
PeopleWorldYouWantDifficult
Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
RelationshipGrowShadeOtherEach
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
NatureWindLittle ThingsDownPlay
Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.
Moving OnYouLovingLivingForever
Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.
LoveLove IsGiftLovedExpectation
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.
LoveHateLove IsStrongGiving
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
LoveYourselfLove IsYouFindWill
I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.
ChangeFuturePeopleMeControlYou
Hugs make you feel psychologically more secure and together.
TogetherFeelYouMoreMakeSecure
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
LifeHappinessChooseMoreSecret
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.
LoveCourageRespectCulturePeople
We all need each other.
LoveNeedOtherEach
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