When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.- Morrie Schwartz
What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.
We're involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going.
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 most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
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 are on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.
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.
One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive.
Learn how to live and you'll know how to die; learn how to die, and you'll know how to live.
It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.
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.
Grieve and mourn for yourself not once or twice, but again and again.
Everything that gets born dies.
