(47 quotes found)
“Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”
Leo F. Buscaglia
“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.”
“There is seemingly so little love shared in this world, it is not surprising that we ask, 'Where have all the lovers gone?' Since love is the most vital energy for good that is within our power to utilize, it is puzzling why we so seldom do so. Love”
“Most of us are pawns in a game of love we don't understand.”
“Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy.”
“Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.”
“Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.”
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”
“It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it.”
“I've always though that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.”
