Tuesdays with Morrie

Quotes from my favourite book
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
"AN OLD MAN, A YOUNG MAN, & LIFE'S GREATEST LESSON"

"Love wins. Love always wins."

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your lifeis 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."

"Let go, let the tears flow, feel it completely - but eventually be able to say, 'All right that was my moment with loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put that loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world, and I'm going to experience them as well' "

"Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it - and have it repeated to us - over and over until nobody bothers to think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore... These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes... but it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship."

"People haven't found meaning in their lives, so they're running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. They find those things are empty too, and they keep running."

"If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off to people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to equally float between everyone."