I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.

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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