376 quotes found
Author and journalist · American · 1958
American author and journalist (born 1958)
“Its very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, youd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. Its growth. Its more than the neg...”
“Sometimes, love brings you together even as life keeps you apart.”
“Everyone is in such a hurry. People havent found meaning in their lives, so theyre running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those t...”
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.”
“Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt.”
“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. The way yo...”
“No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.”
“Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.”
“When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.”
“Ends are for yesterday, not tomorrows.”
“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.”
“I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and t...”
“Its funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on r...”
“So, have we solved the secret of happiness?"I believe so," he saidAre you going to tell me?"Yes.Ready?"Ready."Be satisfied."That's it?"Be greatful."That's it?"For what you have.For the love you rec...”
“There is no point in keeping vengeance or stubbornness. These things" -he sighed- "these things I so regret in my life. Pride. Vanity. Why do we do the things we do? Morrie Schwartz”
“If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled busines...”
“You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, the...”
“Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.”
“We all have same beginning (BIRTH), and we will have same ending (DEATH). So how different can we be?”
“Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place.”