Mitch Albom Quotes - Page 6

We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own.

‏اگر چه گونه مردن را یاد بگیری ، چه گونه زیستن را نیز فرا خواهی گرفت.

What is the reason?' 'Finish your journey and you will know.

Then why do we do so many bad things?
He sighed. “Because one thing God gave us - and I’m afraid it’s at times a little too much - is free will. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely.

Things change when you're not in danger anymore.

Remember me for these days, not the old ones.

The truth is, there is no line. There's only your life, how you mess it up, and who is there to save you.
Or who isn't.

Don't fall asleep in classes. It's such a lucky thing you have, to be taught and to be learning and not have to be working in a shop somewhere.

Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.

Never tell a child that something it’s too hard

You can’t 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.

Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.

Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, 'Love each other or perish

Then, after showing the pill and some graphics, those same people appeared again, looking happier.
The Reb and I watched in silence. After it ended, he asked, "Do you think those pills work?"
Not like that, I said.
"No," he agreed. "Not like that.

Why did you measure the days and nights? To know. Sitting high above the city, Father Time realized that knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.