“I guess the key to finding the meaning of life is to stop taking out the garbage?”
-Mitch
“because its the ultimate sign of dependency. Someone wiping your bottom. But I’m working on it. I’m trying to
enjoy the process”
-Morrie
“enjoy it” Mitch asks, and Morrie answers with:
“Yes. After all, I get to be a baby one more time”
“Do you take care of others or take care of your inner child?. Traditional values or are they useless?. Success or simplicity?”
-Morrie
“Morrie lost his battle. Someone was now wiping his behind”
-Mitch
“Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue”
-Morrie
“These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back”
-Morrie
“When you’re in bed, you’re dead”
-Morrie
“Love is how you stay alive”
-Morrie
“Love each other or perish”
-Morrie
“People are only mean when they’re threatened, and that’s what our culture does”
-Morrie
“If my life were squeezed into such a thimble, I doubt I could make it smell any better”
-Morrie
“The biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness”
-Morrie
“If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world”
-Morrie
“What’s wrong in being number two?”
-Morrie
“although he did not mean it this way, I couldn’t help but think of a condemned man being asked for his final words”
-Morrie
“I’m bargaining with Him up there now.I’m asking Him, ‘Do I get to be one of the angels?’ ” It was the first time Morrie admitted talking to God.
“these things I so regret in my life. Pride. Vanity. Why do we do the things we do?”
-Morrie
“Death ends a life, not a relationship”
-Morrie
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