Morrie Schwartz

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

"Accept what you are able to do and strive to do it every day."

"Once you fully apprehend that the things you are afraid of can't hurt you, the way opens."

"We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve."

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep."

"It is impossible for the aging to revolt, because by then the fires have cooled."

"The tension of opposites holds everything together."

"Maybe it's not just how much money you have that makes you happy. Maybe it's how much purpose you have."

"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."

"All this emphasis on youth—I don't buy it."

"When you go to heaven, you're not going to be asked 'how many people did you make rich?'"

"It's hard to take when people pity you. But it's hardest when they don't know how to talk to you anymore."

"We're in such a hurry all the time."

"You can't make deals with it the way you do in a car lot."

"Know you will die. Everyone will die."

"The most important thing in life is love."

"You know what? Now I'm not afraid."

"Do the kind of work you'd do if you were independently wealthy."

"Death is the only thing we know is going to happen. And yet it's the thing we talk about the least."

"This is what I wanted all my life. To be useful."

"We have a tendency to not be very kind to people who are dying."

"In the end, it's not going to be how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away."

"You are not alone in your suffering."

"When you're in bed for so long, you hear your own heart. You really hear it. It sounds like someone's at your door."

"I'm becoming more spiritual. I'm becoming more wise."

"The worst part of my disease is that I can still think."

"Monday is for the rest of the world. Tuesday is for us."

"I have lots of things to say. I'm a talker."

"This is our last class together. It's been an honor to spend these last days with you."

"If you are friends, you talk about everything. Not just the big things, but all of it."