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Legends · 1924–1998

Leo Buscaglia

RelationshipsEmotional Wellbeing

Made love a legitimate subject of study and public teaching, arguing that connection is a learnable human skill.

Leo Buscaglia is included in the Legends collection for work associated with Relationships and Emotional Wellbeing. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Legends

movement in the collection

1924–1998

life and work

2

focus areas

Ideas associated with the work

  • Explore the work through relationships
  • Explore the work through emotional wellbeing
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment.”

— Leo Buscaglia, Living, Loving and Learning

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In their own words

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment.”

— Leo Buscaglia, Living, Loving and Learning

Made love a legitimate subject of study and public teaching, arguing that connection is a learnable human skill.

  • Relationships
  • Emotional Wellbeing

Signature works

Start with the books.

Explore a short reading list, with purchasing links that support ManyMasters.

01

Love

1972 · The book that made love a subject worth teaching.

02

Living, Loving and Learning

1982 · Collected lectures on connection and aliveness.

03

Loving Each Other

1984 · On the practical work of sustaining relationships.

04

Born for Love

1992 · Short reflections on affection and belonging.

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