Tuesdays With Morrie

Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”

“there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don’t respect the other person, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don’t know how to compromise, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can’t talk openly about what goes on between you, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don’t have a common set of value

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”

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

“People are only mean when they’re threatened,” he said later that day, “and that’s what our culture does. That’s what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about losing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of

“Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.”

“Mitch, 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 for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”

“The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.”