Quotes by Mitch Albom

“Morrie, Koppel said, that was seventy years ago your mother died. The pain still goes on?You bet, Morrie whispered.”

“Lost love is still love, Eddie. It just takes a different form, that's all. You can't hold their hand... You can't tousle their hair... But when those senses weaken another one comes to life... Mem...”

“What is false about hope?”

“Do you prefer Mitch? Or is Mitchell better?'.. .. Mitch, I say. Mitch is what my friends called me. 'Well, Mitch it is then,' Morrie says, as if closing a deal. 'And, Mitch?' Yes? 'I hope one day y...”

“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”

“Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”

“Were so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breakswere involved in trillions of little acts...”

“The secret is not to make your music louder. But to make the world quieter.”

“Silence enhances music. What you do not play can sweeten what you do. But it is not the same with words. What you do not say can haunt you.”

“I [Music] was born in the open air, in the breaks of waves and the whistling of sandstorms, the hoots of owls and the cackles of tui birds. I travel in echoes. I ride the breeze. I was forged in na...”

“There is a reason you glance up when you first hear a melody, or tap your foot to the sound of a drum. All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?”

“One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows.”

“But I do know were deficient in some way. We are too involved in materialistic things, and they dont satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for g...”

“Take any emotionlove for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what Im going through, fear and pain from a deadly illness. If you hold back on the emotionsif you dont allow yourself to go all the w...”

“There is no experience like having children. Thats all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete r...”

“This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.”

“The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isnt the family. If you dont have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a fami...”

“You cant substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.”

“But she wasnt around, and thats the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.”

“I hope you never hear those words. Your mom. She died. They are different than other words. They are too big to fit in your ears. They belong to some strange, heavy, powerful language that pounds a...”