Every society has its own problems, Morrie said, lifting his eyebrows, the closest he could come to a shrug. The way to do it, I think, isn't to run away. You have to work at creating your own culture...
Ends are for yesterdays, not tomorrows.
Dying is not in synonymous with Useless
Don't lose yourself... inside yourself...
Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, ‘Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?
Do not stop your lives. Otherwise, this disease will have ruined three of us instead of one.
Did you know, the old woman said now, standing beside the grown-up Annie, that a dog will go to a crying human before a smiling one? Dogs get sad when people around them get sad . They're created that...
Did you ever hear a sermon that felt as if it were being screamed into your ear alone? When that happens, it usually has more to do with you than the preacher.
Did God answer you? He smiled. Still waiting, he said.
Death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed.
Dear friends. I’m dying. Don’t be upset. I began to die on July 6, 1917. That’s the day I was born, and, in council with what our psalmist says, ‘We who are born, are born to die.
Counting life's moments had led, inevitably, to counting them down.
But you can touch everything and be connected to nothing.
But they wanted you. Time is notsomething you give back. The very nextmoment may be an answer to yourprayer. To deny that is to deny the mostimportant part of the future.What’s that?Hope.The shame wel...
But the world does not cater to our timing.
But our eyes are different, what you see ain't what I see.
But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. You know what pain is. You know what love is....
Be compassionate, Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place. He took a breath, then added his mantra: Love...
Back in the sanctuary, the Reb concluded his taped message by saying, Please love one another, talk to one another, don’t let trivialities dissolve friendships… Then he sang a simple tune, which trans...
At a certain point, your life is more about your legacy to your kids than anything else.