"Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional."

"The person who truly loves does so because of a decision to love.
This person has made a commitment to be loving
whether or not the loving feeling is present."

"True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed.
It is a commited, thoughtful decision."
M. S. Peck

"...we must be as welcoming of the new
as we are comfortable with the old,
as fearless of the unexpected as
we are falsely secure in the planned."
L. Buscaglia

"Things seldom occur the way they are planned."
L. Buscaglia

"The only thing we can be certain about is
the uncertainty inherent in the universe."
M. Alibrando

"Unrealized dreams are the main cause of useless pain."
L. Buscaglia

"We canno be sure of what the next moment will bring."

"It is the element of uncertianty that adds the spice to living."
L. Buscaglia

"If all things were known about our lives
much of the magic would be gone."
L. Buscaglia

"The most beautiful thing we can
experience is the mystery."
A. Einstein

"The wise person never has short arguments."
Anonymous

"How can we then blame others for misunderstanding
what we are only vaguely able to express ourselves."
L. Buscaglia

"No one can know us
unless we are willing
and able to tell them
through our actions,
as well as our words,
who we are."
L. Buscaglia

"...the secret lies in letting people know, honestly, what you need..."
Me misquoting L. Buscaglia

"We must be certain that
when we are communicating
we know precisely what
we want to express."
L. Buscaglia

"Loneliness and misunderstanding arise from
our inability to present ourselves honestly
and authentically in each new encounter."
L. Buscaglia

"Anything that leads to good,
to joy, to understanding,
to acceptance, is significant."
L. Buscaglia

"Do that thing that is uniquely yours to do,
what ever that may be, do it well."
L. Buscaglia

"Whatever immortality there is,
is assured by a continual particpation in
the productive process."
L. Buscaglia

"Because of us,
things have become more.
Something has been left of significance
because we exist."
L. Buscaglia

"Each of our acts
makes a statement
as to our purpose."
L. Buscaglia

"It is what we do rather than what we feel,
or say we do,
that reflects who and what we truly are."
L. Buscaglia

"Each act makes us manifest."
L. Buscaglia

"The existentialist says,
"To be is to do."
L. Buscaglia

"The river runs it's course.
We cannot escape moving
together and affecting
whatever we encounter."
L. Buscaglia

"In the case of genuine love
the aim is always spiritual growth.
In the case of non-love
the aim is always something else."
M. S. Peck

"Love enlarges rather than diminishes the self;
it fills the self rather than depleting it."
Me misquoting M. S. Peck

"Beauty often seduces us
on the road to truth."
Unknown

"...genuine love is a self-replenishing activity."
M. S. Peck

"We are each a singular person but
we are each a universal person as well.
Both are equal and important."
L. Buscaglia

"...we, like everything else,
are only passing through."
Me misquoting L. Buscaglia

"Nothing occurs in the world
that in some way does not
affect us all. Enen the most
insignificant act we perform will
have some effect upon the world."
L. Buscaglia

"What does it profit a man
if he gains the whole world
and loses his own soul?"
R. Fulghum

"Don't worry that 
children never listen to you; 
worry that 
they are always watching you." 
R. Fulghum 

Dialog from the movie Oh, God (1977)

* * *
God - "I gave you the world and everything in it. It's all up to you."
Man - "But we need help."
God - "That's why I gave you each other."
* * *

"He said he wanted us to know that it can work."

"He said that he's given us everything that we need,
and it's entirely up to us."

"I don't permit suffering. You do."

"Free will. All choices are yours."

"You can love, cherish and nuture each other,
or you can kill each other."

"I said, everything could workout,
if that's everybody's choice."

"People have to decide (on their own)
what's to be done with the world."

"I want to say to everyone that every thing around them that
they see and smell and feel and hear, they should delight in
all this. That what is here are some of my very best ideas."

"I want everyone to try very hard to
make sure it doesn't all go down the drain."

"However hopeless, helpless, mixed-up and scary it all gets...
...It can work."

"I know how hard it is in these times to have faith.
But maybe if you could have the faith to start with
maybe the times would change. You could change them.
Think about it. Try. And try not to hurt each other.
There's been enough of that. It really gets in the way."

"He wants us to decide for ourselves.
It's what he always said -
that everything was up to us."