Tuesdays with Morrie

"We are not taught to die in this country. We are taught to ignore death."

"In the beginning, there was only one problem. In the end there is only one solution."

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

"This is how you start the process of learning to live."

"Mitch, I'm going to tell you something. Are you listening?"

"A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart."

"I'm an old man. And I'm dying. And all I want is to be surrounded by loved ones."

"So you think you're in control? But you're not."

"The fact is, you don't get to choose how you are going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live."

"When you go into a accepting frame of mind, you can accomplish a lot more."

"We live in such a quick-tempo world, and the Nightline visits seemed to fit perfectly into that."

"Be compassionate. And take responsibility for each other."

"Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness."

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

"We're so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, trying to keep up with the Joneses, all this kind of thing."

"There is no experience like having a teacher who cares about you."

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

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you know what the answer is? The answer is: in addition to all the things you're doing, you can devote yourself to loving other people with all your heart and soul, and when you do that, when you do that as a life's work, which is a task that takes all your efforts, all your heart, all your soul, to do that, then that's a life well lived."

"I'm going to embrace this experience completely."

"Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone."

"We do get better at being human as we get older."

"I have no use for the things that money can buy."

"This is it. This is living."

"I'm still here. I'm still fighting."

"Detach yourself. That's what I have learned."

"I know all the people who are important to me. That's my triumph."

"You're my window to the world now."

"Maybe it's not just the outdoors that inspires you but the experience."

"If I could be a fly on the wall of heaven, I would see what my life meant."

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