The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.

A student's suicide
While teaching at USC Buscaglia was moved by a student's suicide to contemplate human disconnectedness and the meaning of life and began a non-credit class he called Love 1A. Cultural. His book and numerous recorded and televised lectures some of which became available through PBS became extremely well received.

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