The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you. Morrie Schwartz More Quotes by Morrie Schwartz More Quotes From Morrie Schwartz The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Morrie Schwartz inspiring love life Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. Morrie Schwartz motivational sometimes believe The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Morrie Schwartz strong motivational inspirational Although you may be old or sick, it's not too late to take stock and ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be. Morrie Schwartz late persons want As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on—in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here Morrie Schwartz love-you heart memories Do the kind of things that come from the heart, When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overhelmed with what comes back Morrie Schwartz longing kind heart Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself. Morrie Schwartz acceptance heart long If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all. Morrie Schwartz support-and-love concern caring Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be? Morrie Schwartz want today needs We've got a form of brainwashing going on in our country…. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. 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 even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore. Morrie Schwartz average country thinking Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much a better place. Morrie Schwartz helping-others responsibility would-be You don't understand. You're not a wave. You're part of the ocean. Morrie Schwartz crashing-waves wave ocean In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive. And at the end of life, we need others to survive. But here's the secret, in between, we need others as well. Morrie Schwartz end-of-life secret needs People are only mean when they're threatened… 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 this culture. Morrie Schwartz jobs mean people Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another Morrie Schwartz tuesdays-with-morrie stranger tears Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else. Morrie Schwartz one-thing dying It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people. Morrie Schwartz new-friendship too-late people There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like. In business, people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Maybe you’re too used to that. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else’s situation as you are about your own. Morrie Schwartz party winning love-is If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Morrie Schwartz ifs culture These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is no substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have. Morrie Schwartz inspirational giving people
