Mitch Albom

Have A Little Faith - Mitch Albom

“Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.” (Pg 44)

“In any conversation, I was taught, there are at leasr three parties: you, the other person, and the Lord.” (Pg 77)

“When you come to the end, that’s where God begins.” (Pg 79)

“It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.” (Pg 82)

“War never stops; it only pauses.” (Pg 90)

“His morning prayers began with ‘Thank you, Lord, for returning my soul to me.’ When you start that way, the rest of the day is a bonus.” (Pg 100)

“A true love can enrich itself. It gets tested and grows stronger.” (Pg 143)

“That kind of love – the kind you realize you already have by the life you’ve created together – that’s the kind that lasts.” (Pg 143)

“The genius of life is its variety.” (Pg 161)

“If the only thing wrong with Moses is that he’s not yours; if the only thing wrong with Jesus is that he’s not yours; if the only thing wrong with mosques, Lent, chanting, Mecca, Buddha, confession, or reincarnation is that they’re not yours – well, maybe the problem is you.” (Pg 162)

“’But nowhere in the story of Creation,’ the Reb said, ‘do we read the word ‘bad.’ God did not create bad things.” (Pg 198)

“Maybe all you get are chances to do good, and what little bad you do ain’t much bad at all. But because God has put you in the position where you can always do good, when you do something bad – it’s like you let God down.” (Pg 207)

“If you could pack for heaven, this was how you’d do it, touching everything, taking nothing.” (Pg  210)

“You can’t work your way into heaven. Anytime you try and justify yourself with works, you disqualify yourself with works.” (Pg 221)

Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom

“Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.” (Pg 35)

“The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.” (Pg 42)

“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. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” (Pg 43)

“Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another.” (Pg 51)

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” (Pg 52)

“Everyone knows they’re going to die, but nobody believes it.” (Pg 80)

“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” (Pg 82)

“Without love, we are birds with broken wings.” (Pg 92)

“I don’t want to leave the world in a state of fright. I want to know what’s happening, accept it, get to a peaceful place, and let go.” (Pg 107)

“Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.” (Pg 118)

“Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” (Pg 127)

“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” (Pg 133)

“We all have the same beginning – birth – and we all have the same end – death. So how different can we be?” (Pg 157)

“In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right? But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well.” (Pg 157)

“Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.” (Pg 162)

“Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place.” (Pg 163)

“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” (Pg 164)

“It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.” (Pg 172)

“That’s what we’re all looking for. A certain peace with the idea of dying. If we know, in the end, that we can ultimately have that peace with dying, then we can finally do the really hard thing.”

“Which is?”

“Make peace with living!” (Pg 173)

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” (Pg 174)

“There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.” (Pg 178)

“None of us can undo what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded.” (Pg 190)

“Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine.” (Pg 192)