Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. Create your own.

Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to the side.

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”

At seventy-eight, he was giving as an adult and taking as a child.

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”