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" Ναι, αλλά πρέπει να ρισκάρεις, γιατί ο μεγαλύτεροσ κίνδυνος στη ζωή είναι να μη ρισκάρεις τίποτε. Ο άνθρωπος που δε ρισκάρει τίποτε, δεν κάνει τίποτε, δεν κάνει τίποτε, δεν έχει τίποτε, δεν είναι τίποτε, και γίνεται ένα τίποτε. Δεμένος με τις βεβαιότητες του, είναι ένας σκλάβος. Έχει παραιτηθεί από την ελευθερία του. Μόνο ο άνθρωπος που ρισκάρει είναι πραγματικά ελεύθερος. "
― Leo F. Buscaglia , Living, Loving & Learning
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" There was a rabbit, a bird, a squirrel, a fish and an eel, and they formed a Board of Education. The rabbit insisted that running be in the curriculum. The bird insisted that flying be in the curriculum. The fish insisted that swimming be in the curriculum, and the squirrel insisted that perpendicular tree climbing be in the curriculum. They put all of these things together and wrote a Curriculum Guide. Then they insisted that all of the animals take all of the subjects. Although the rabbit was getting an A in running, perpendicular tree climbing was a real problem for him; he kept falling over backwards. Pretty soon he got to be sort of brain damaged, and he couldn’t run any more. He found that instead of making an A in running, he was making a C and, of course, he always made an F in perpendicular climbing. The bird was really beautiful at flying, but when it came to burrowing in the ground, he couldn’t do so well. He kept breaking his beak and wings. Pretty soon he was making a C in flying as well as an F in burrowing, and he had a hellava time with perpendicular tree climbing. The moral of the story is that the person who was valedictorian of the class was a mentally retarded eel who did everything in a half-way fashion. "
― Leo F. Buscaglia , Love: What Love Is - And What It Isn't
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" Dovete continuare a crescere e a progredire. Ogni giorno dovete introdurre qualcosa di nuovo nella vostra vita. La vostra responsabilità principale è nei confronti di voi stessi. Se non la pensate così, non potete dare niente a nessuno. Potete dare soltanto ciò che avete. Se diventate vivi, se attraversate il mondo a passo di danza, facendo cose pazze, diventate affascinanti. È l’affinità che ci avvicina, ma è la novità che ci tiene insieme. Siate saggi, siate stimolanti, siate eccitanti, condividete idee nuove, crescete, progredite, evolvetevi. Non siate mai prevedibili! "
― Leo F. Buscaglia
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" Τι κρόμα για σένα, αν πιστεύεις ότι υπάρχει μόνο ό,τι μπορεί να μετρηθεί στατιστικά. Πραγματικά σε λυπάμαι αν διευθύνει τη ζωή σου μόνο αυτό που μπορεί να μετρηθεί, γιατί εμένα με κεντρίζει το απροσμέτρητο. Με κεντρίζουν τα όνειρα, όχι μόνο αυτό που είναι μπροστά μου. Δε δίνω δεκάρα γι' αυτό που βρίσκεται μπροστά μου. Αυτό το βλέπω. Αν θέλεις να περάσεις τη ζωή σου μετρώντας το, είναι δικαίωμα σου, εμένα όμως με ενδιαφέρει αυτό που βρίσκεται πιο έξω. Υπάρχουν τόσα που δε βλέπουμε, δεν πιάνουμε, δε νιώθουμε, δεν καταλαβαίνουμε "
― Leo F. Buscaglia , Living, Loving & Learning