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.
Morrie SchwartzBecause if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.
Morrie SchwartzIs today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?
Morrie SchwartzIf you donโt have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you donโt have much at all.
Morrie SchwartzThese 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