Quotes from Mitch Albom

Public taste is as fickle as a child's attention span

The less humans can solve a mystery, the more interesting it becomes

My dear and loving cousin… Your ageless heart as you move through time, layer on layer, tender sequoia…

el universo es demasiado armonioso, magnífico y abrumador para pensar que sólo es una casualidad.»

The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough

Why did you measure the days and nights? To know. Sitting high above the city, Father Time realized that knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.

THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A MAN named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.

Giving to other people is what makes me feel alive. Not my car or not my house. Not what I look in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling sad, it's as close to healthy as I ever feel.

In this culture, it's so important to find a loving relationship with someone because so much of the culture does not give you that. But the poor kids today, either they're too selfish to take part in a real loving relationship, or they rush into marriage and then six months later, they get divorced. They don't know what they want in a partner. They don't know who they are themselves—so how can they know who they're marrying?

Even God couldn't be that cruel.

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.

Don't assume it is too late to get involved.

There's a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need," Morrie said. "You need food, you want a chocolate sundae. You have to be honest with yourself. You don't need the latest sports car, you don't need the biggest house. "The truth is, you don't get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction?" What? "Offering others what you have to give." You

You learn to die, you learn to live.

So we don't get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?

Sometimes when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will

Každý život má dvÄ› verze; tu, co ?lovÄ›k žije, a tu, co vyprávÄ›jí ostatní.

These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.

Do you understand now? he asked. With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can't appreciate what we have.

Kita mengira kebencian adalah senjata untuk melawan orang yang melukai kita, tapi kebencian adalah pisau melengkung. Dan kerusakan yang kita lakukan pada orang lain, kita lakukan pula pada diri sendiri.

To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time... That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.

It's funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes. "The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature," he said. "You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

But the human form is not permanent. It was never meant to be. That gift belongs to the soul.

Mungkin ini akan terasa aneh untuk memulai sebuah kisah dengan sebuah akhir. Tapi semua akhir juga merupakan permulaan. Kita hanya belum mengetahuinya saat itu.