Leo Buscaglia

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

"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."

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."

"I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share."

"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them."

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

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

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

"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."

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

"We all need each other."

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

"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."

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