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Leo Buscaglia Quote

“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

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A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

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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.

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Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

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Wisdom

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The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

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Happiness

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

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Love

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