All younger people should know something. If youโre always battling against getting older, youโre always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.
Morrie SchwartzEveryone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did we would do things differently. Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, "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 SchwartzThere 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 youโre too used to that. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone elseโs situation as you are about your own.
Morrie SchwartzBecause if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.
Morrie SchwartzPeople are only mean when they're threatenedโฆ 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