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Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel.
Morrie Schwartz
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Morrie Schwartz
Age: 78 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 20
Died: 1995
Died: November 4
Professor
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Writer
New York City
New York
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All right, that was my moment with loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put that loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world, and I'm going to experience them as well.
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Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did we would do things differently. Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?
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Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another
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We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said. Love is the only rational act.
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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.
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When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.
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Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?
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Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.
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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.
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The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.
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It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.
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Life is like a wrestling match- we struggle to fight but we never know that the only side that wins is the one with great love in it.
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