Morrie Schwartz quotes

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in. (Morrie Schwartz)

Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too-even when you are in the dark. Even when you're falling.

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If you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

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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.

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We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said." Love is the only rational act.

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Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

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Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again.

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For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them ...

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Death ends a life, not a relationship.

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Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

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Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another. (Morrie Schwartz)

The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.

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It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.

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Don't let go too soon, but don't hang on too long.

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After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

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Everything that gets born dies.

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We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people.

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When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.

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What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.

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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.

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I'd always been interested in psychology. (Morrie Schwartz)

One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive.

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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.

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When you learn to die, you learn to live.

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We're involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going.

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Morrie Schwartz

Occupation: American Educator
Born: December 20, 1916
Died: November 4, 1995
Quotes count: 25

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