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Quotes from Tuesdays with Morrie — Mitch Albom

born 1958 United States

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18 quotes

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

"Death ends a life, not a relationship."

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

"Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone."

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

"What is it about silence that makes people uneasy?"

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"Without love, we are birds with broken wings."

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

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"When you learn how to die, you learn how to live."

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"If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

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"If we can remember the feeling of love we once had, we can die without ever going away."

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"Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?"

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"Death: the only true emotion felt in an apathetic world"

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"Love wins. Love always wins."

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

"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’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling."

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"You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning. Because if you’ve find meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward."

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

"Do the kinds 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 overwhelmed with what comes back."

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"Love each other or perish."

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"When you're in bed, you're dead"

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

"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. The way you get meaning into your life is 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."

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mitch Albom (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.