Explore Quotes by Morrie Schwartz

We're involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going.

One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive.

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

I'd always been interested in psychology.

It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.

Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again.

We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people.

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.

The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.

When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

My contention is that as long as you have other faculties-the emotional, psychological, intuitive faculties-you haven't lost yourself or even diminished yourself. Don't be ashamed when you're physically limited or dysfunctional; don't think that you're any less because of your condition. In fact, I feel I am even more myself than I was before I got this illness because I have been able to transcend many of the psychological and emotional limitations I had before I developed ALS.

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

Well, the truth is, if you really listen to that bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time–then you might not be as ambitious as you are.

You don't understand. You're not a wave. You're part of the ocean.

I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you’re with.

The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.

All younger people should know something. If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.

The truth is, part of me is every age. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.