"One does not fall "in" or "out" of love. One grows in love."
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia, also known as "Dr. Love", was an American author, motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California.
"We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position."
"When I wrote my book, LOVE, it was really funny, because my publisher said, "Oh, Leo, youre going to have to change the name because Im sure that someone has used that name before." I said, "Why dont you send it in and see what happens?" So we sent it in and I got the "copyright" for LOVE! No one had ever thought of a book called simply Love. L-O-V-E. Such a good word. Such a limitless word. Such a limitless concept."
"Who is the loving person? The loving person is the person who loves him or herself. I say this so often, and people say, "Oh yes, youre so right," but they dont do it! You will never be able to love anyone else until you love yourself. Even With your Fat Thighs!"
"Perfect love is rare indeed — for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain."
"As soon as the love relationship does not lead me to me, as soon as I in a love relationship do not lead another person to himself, this love, even if it seems to be the most secure and ecstatic attachment I have ever experienced, is not true love. For real love is dedicated to continual becoming."
"It is when we ask for love less and begin giving it more that the basis of human love is revealed to us."