Morrie Schwartz

"We laugh, we cry. We hurt. We do all these things. But in the end, we're just looking to be loved."

"Money is not a substitute for tenderness."

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others."

"I'm going to die. And I'm not afraid."

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

"You have to love people, truly love them."

"I want no flowers when I'm gone, and only an old-fashioned gravestone."

"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."

"Being with dying people is like being in the presence of something holy."

"I feel alive when I'm talking to you."

"Everyone knows they are going to die, but nobody believes it."

"It's very important to have the things that take up your time, but equally important not to lose yourself in them."

"The importance is in the person you have become."

"You cannot get bitter. You will just make yourself sick."

"So many people walk around with a meaningless existence."

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

"I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all the good things still in my life."

"Age is no guarantee of maturity."

"We put our stuff in safe deposit boxes and think we're going to take it with us."

"The little things? There are nothing little about them."

"I'm touched by people who care about me."

"We're all dying. Once I accepted that, I could actually hear what people were saying."

"You look at someone looking at you and see the world."

"I have lots of relatives who won't talk to me anymore. That's their loss."

"When you come to visit, you're not sick. You're just my old friend Mitch."

"Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do."

"Have you ever really listened to someone? Really listened?"

"The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people rest."

"Invest in the human family. Invest in people."

"I want to die while I'm still alive."