21 quotes found
Sociologist · American · 1916–1995
American sociologist (1916–1995)
“Everything that gets born dies.”
“Once you learn how to diw, you learn how to live”
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live”
“Love is how you stay alive even after you are gone.”
“Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again.”
“Do the kind of things that come from the heart, When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overhelmed ...”
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.2. Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.3. Death ends a life, not a relationship.4. Once you...”
“There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like. In busi...”
“Its natural to die. The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we dont see ourselves as part of nature. We think because were human were something above nature.”
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in.”
“For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them ”
“Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on- in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were...”
“If you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until you're sixty-five.”
“After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.”
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.”
“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.”
“Keep your heart open for as long as you can as wide as you can for others and especially for yourself.”
“This is how you start to get respect: by offering something that you have.”
“It’s natural to die. The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we don’t see ourselves as part of nature. We think because we’re human we’re something above nature.”