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Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?
Morrie Schwartz
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Morrie Schwartz
Age: 78 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 20
Died: 1995
Died: November 4
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Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
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The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.
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There is no experience like having children...If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.
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In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive. And at the end of life, we need others to survive. But here's the secret, in between, we need others as well.
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The truth is, part of me is every age. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.
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If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all.
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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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