Love: What Life Is All about

by Leo F. Buscaglia

Book Overview

This book is about love. What it is and what it isn't. It is about you--and about everybody who has ever reached out to touch the heart of another. Among many other lessons of the heart, Leo Buscaglia reminds us- Love is open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449911624
• ISBN13: 9780449911624
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Love 101: The class EVERYONE should take

Everyone should read,no make that study Leo's books. This book opened my eyes and softened my heart. Anyone who reads it with an open mind will find themselves transformed. I am someone who grew up VERY ANGRY. My anger caused me problems upon problems and was a contributing factor in the breakup of my first marriage. When I hit rock bottom and knew things had to change, it was then that I came across a worn, slightly abuse copy of a book at a second hand store. The Title on it was simply "LOVE". Don't misunderstand me, I am far from free from my anger. Yet, those who know me will tell you how much I have changed. I feel Leo books, DVD's (I have several), and tapes have been a major factor in that change. I recommend ALL items by Leo Buscaglia. Leo talks not only about loving others, but loving yourself. Love your face, even if your nose doesn't quite match the rest of your face. Love yourself for who you are, no matter who that may be. It's the funny and odd things about us that sometimes makes us the most loveable. So, buy this book and, if your paying attention to what is said in it, learn to laugh, hug, cry (yes, even grown men can cry), and fall in love with this rollercoster we call life.

What life is all about...

This is a 5 star book because it can change vastly the way you see things. It'll also make you want to bring love directly into your life and to give it to everyone around you. The book covered the essential aspects of living in love and what love really is all about. Buscaglia will make you realize how important it is to study love but more importantly to live in it.

Whenever I read this or watch "Christmas Miracles"

I'm reminded of how much we lost when Leo Buscaglia left our world. The luminous soul he was never afraid to display, his open, hearty laugh that encouraged you to laugh with him and at him lives on in books and videos, and "Love" is perhaps the best amongst them. A primer on living with an eye towards the fact that connectedness and kindness are all we leave behind at the end, Buscaglia's message is told with humor, insight, and the grand passion of a man who lived what he spoke. There's never been a better time to meet or revisit his message than right now, when we're force-fed fear and encouraged to disregard the importance of others whose subscribe to different beliefs and live in another land.

An amazing book! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll love it

I am so grateful this book is back in print! This short, funny, easy to read book will profoundly change your life and how you view the people close to you. Although you can easily finish it in a weekend, you'll want to read it again every 18 months or so as your life changes to bring you "back" to your center. Everyone I've ever lent it to adored it so much, I've given away over a dozen copies. It is unfortunate that his lectures based on this book are not available on Video, as Leo's personal mannerisms and speaking style are so warm and funny, they really enhance the subject.

An uplifting little book.

Originally published in 1972, LOVE, by Loe Buscaglia, has as much to teach today as it presumably did then. This tiny book is a heart warming collection of thoughts and observations. It discusses how hectic the world is and how we can function within the maddness. The book transends the furious pace of our world and reminds the reader of what is really important, that there is more to life than the all-encompassing quest for money and power that drives our society. Life can still be an enjoyable experience and Love can help.