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
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We want to gently remind people that we don't have forever. In my work, I hear parents complain all the time that their children grow up so fast. But they don't take the time to sit down and talk to each other. The last bastion of getting together is around the table.
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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.
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No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.
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This loving person is a person who abhors waste-waste of time, waste of human potential. How much time we waste. As if we were going to live forever.
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Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance
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Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.
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When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those who eat simply to satisfy their hunger and who do not permit themselves to linger under the many spells offered by a good meal - the satisfaction of our hearts, our minds and our spirits.
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You can be a follower of Muhammad or Jesus or Buddha or whomever. Always, they said that the most essential factor is to love your neighbor. And to love you.
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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.
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I've learned that you learn best by modeling. If you want people to learn, do it!
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I am a teacher. And I think I am a serious one who happens to be enjoying life.
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Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.
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I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.
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My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.