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Morrie Schwartz [1916-1995] American

Rank: 101
Educator, Professor

Morris "Morrie" S. Schwartz was a sociology professor at Brandeis University and an author. He was the subject of the best-selling book Tuesdays with Morrie, which was written by Mitch Albom, a sportswriter who was a former student of his, and published in 1997.

Sympathy, Death, Respect, Sad, Society

Quote	Tags	Rank
Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.	Sad	101
Everything that gets born dies.	Death	102
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.	Society	103
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.		104
The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.		105
Learn how to live and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll know how to live.		106
It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.		107
Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again.	Sympathy	108
After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.	Sympathy	109
It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.		110
What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.		111
We're involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going.		112
I'd always been interested in psychology.		113
One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive.		114
When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.		115
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.		116
Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.		117
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.		118
This is how you start to get respect: by offering something that you have.	Respect	119

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