Morrie Schwartz
15 quotes
Biography
Morris S. Schwartz was an American professor of sociology at Brandeis University and an author.
"After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left."
"Do the kind of things that come from the heart, When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overhelmed with what comes back"
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in."
"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."
"Everything that gets born dies."
"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."
"Love is how you stay alive even after you are gone."
"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. In business, people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Maybe you’re too used to that. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else’s situation as you are about your own."
"It’s natural to die. The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we don’t see ourselves as part of nature. We think because we’re human we’re something above nature."
"For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them …"
"Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on- in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here."
"If you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until you're sixty-five."
"This is how you start to get respect: by offering something that you have."
"Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again."
"Keep your heart open for as long as you can as wide as you can for others and especially for yourself."