“Life is like a wrestling match- we struggle to fight but we never know that the only side that wins is the one with great love in it.” KnowsLife IsFightingWinningSidesStruggleWrestlingLife Is LikeGreat Love Author:Morrie Schwartz
“Everyone 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?” IfsKnowsWantNeedsBelieveLittlesPersonsTodayDiesAsksReadyBirdShouldersBuddhist Author:Morrie Schwartz
“The tension of opposites: Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted. A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle.” KnowsWantShouldLife IsCertainHurtOne ThingMiddleBandOppositesSeriesBoundsGrantedTensionBack And ForthTuesdayRubberRubber BandsMorrieTuesdays With MorrieNever Take Anything For Granted Author:Morrie Schwartz
“We've got a form of brainwashing going on in our country…. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. MORE IS GOOD. MORE IS GOOD. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsImportantCountryFormKnow HowPerspectivePropertyAverageOur CountryBotherRepeatsDo You KnowMore MoneyAverage PersonBrainwashingCommercialismBrainwash Author:Morrie Schwartz
“Now that I'm suffering, I feel closer to people who suffer more than I ever did before. The other night, on TV, I saw people in Bosnia running across the street, getting fired upon, killed, innocent victims....and I just started to cry. I feel their anguish as if it were my own. I don't know any of these people. But - how can I put this? I'm almost......drawn to them.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsHelpingRunningNightSufferingMy OwnSawsStreetsCryTvsVictimHelping OthersInnocentAnguishBosniaInnocent VictimsGetting Fired Author:Morrie Schwartz
“All younger people should know something. If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldHappensUnhappyGetting OldGetting Older Author:Morrie Schwartz
“Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it.” KnowsBelieveDies Author:Morrie Schwartz
“And, in addition to all the miseries, the young are not wise. They have very little understanding about life. Who wants to live every day when you don't know what's going on? When people are manipulating you, telling you to buy this perfume and you'll be beautiful, or this pair of jeans and you'll be sexy-and you believe them! It's such nonsense.” PeopleKnowsWantBelieveLittlesBeautifulYoungUnderstandingWiseMiserySexyNonsensePairsJeansPerfumeLive Every Day Author:Morrie Schwartz
“All right, that was my moment with loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put that loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world, and I'm going to experience them as well.” KnowsWorldWellsMomentsFeelingsEmotionLonelinessLonelyNot AfraidFeeling Lonely Author:Morrie Schwartz
