Leo Buscaglia
Leo Buscaglia
Felice Leonardo "Leo" Buscaglia PhD, also known as "Dr. Love," was an American author and motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 March 1924
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Leo Buscaglia quotes about
positive answers
To that there is an answer.
lonely unhappy paint
If you don't like the scene you're in, if you're unhappy, if you're lonely, if you don't feel that things are happening, change your scene. Paint a new backdrop.
care encounters our-relationship
We treat our encounters with them with carefree casualness. We are certain that our relationships will naturally take care of themselves.
education helping should
Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness." -Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)
despair simplistic
If you're an advocate of gentleness, you're simplistic and naive. If you're an advocate of despair and hate, you're sophisticated.
action begin death evil goodness house learn learning minute process step stop teaching time
The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street.
anybody bought hear homemade hugging including later pay people spoken state
I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread.
family focused growing italian learned love
All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That's where I learned about love.
intense learning life passion salvation share teacher
I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.
best
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.
arm looked soft stir until watch
My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.
family learned
I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.
cook food people
Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.
enjoying life serious teacher
I am a teacher. And I think I am a serious one who happens to be enjoying life.