This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.

When you're rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love.

Never tell a child that something it's too hard

Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place." He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die.

the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

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