Morrie Quotes

“As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“Once you learn how to die you learn how to live”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“Said to Mitch Album in "Tuesday's with Morrie": "The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things and you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it! CREATE YOUR OWN!”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man

“Now is the time to work on becoming the kind of person you would like to be.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“Accept yourself, your physical condition and your fate as they are at the present moment.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“I believe that even though each person has an individual and unique self, the self means nothing outside the context of community or meaningful contact with other people.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Reminisce about it, but don't live in it. Learn from it, but don't punish yourself about it or continually regret it. Don't get stuck in it.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“The best preparation for living fully and well is to be prepared to die at any time, because impending death inspires clarity of purpose, a homing in on what really matters to you.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“You can find joy in practically any situation if you are open to the experience of happiness.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“Resist the temptation to think of yourself as useless. It will only lead to depression.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words

“You don't have to be nice all the time—just most of the time.”
― Morrie Schwartz, Morrie: In His Own Words