“Tuesday with Morrie” quotes sums up the deep wisdom and sincere exchanges between Mitch Albom and his one-time college professor, Morrie Schwartz, as they dig into life’s essential truths during Morrie’s final days.
This book, rich with philosophic insights and life lessons, has touched millions with its straightforward yet powerful messages on how to live a significant life.
The quotes from their Tuesday meetings provide timeless contemplations on love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and the certainty of death, offering advice and inspiration to readers of all ages.
Top Tuesday with Morrie Quotes
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Morrie Schwartz
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Accept who you are; and revel in it.” – Morrie Schwartz
“There is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family.” – Morrie Schwartz
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Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Life Lessons
“Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.” – Morrie Schwartz
“We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives.” – Morrie Schwartz
“What’s wrong with being number two?” – Morrie Schwartz
“You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Morrie Schwartz
“We all need teachers in our lives.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” – Morrie Schwartz
Inspirational Tuesday with Morrie Quotes
“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Don’t cling to things because everything is impermanent.” – Morrie Schwartz
“When you’re in bed, you’re dead.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over… Living unhappily is something else.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Find someone to share your heart, give to your community, be at peace with yourself.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Do the kinds 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 overwhelmed with what comes back.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Love each other or perish.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Love and Relationships
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Love wins, love always wins.” – Morrie Schwartz
“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.” – Morrie Schwartz
“There are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don’t respect the other person, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Love each other or perish.” – Morrie Schwartz
“If you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward.” – Morrie Schwartz
“There is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Spend your time with people who love and care about you, and who you love and care about.” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Aging
“Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.” – Morrie Schwartz
“As you grow old, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, it’s growth.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Every day has become a health question: ‘Am I always going to feel like this? Why doesn’t my leg move when I want it to?’ But when you get older, you learn to appreciate the moments rather than yearn for forever.” – Morrie Schwartz
“We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of—unconditional love, unconditional attention. Most of us didn’t get enough.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The fact that I’m dying soon certainly helps. I’m no longer interested in material things. It’s the moments and the people who fill them that enlighten me.” – Morrie Schwartz
“I’ve aged, and my needs are simple. I treasure these moments much more because I know my remaining time is limited.” – Morrie Schwartz
“We’ve got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country…Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that’s what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it—and have it repeated to us—over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old.” – Morrie Schwartz
“I’m on the last great journey here—and people want me to tell them what to pack.” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Happiness
“The most important thing is to give people your love; that can be your greatest gift—the ability to reach out and touch.” – Morrie Schwartz
“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.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over… Living unhappily is something else.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Morrie Schwartz
“There is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. It’s become quite clear to me as I’ve been sick.” – Morrie Schwartz
“If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.” – Morrie Schwartz
“You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now.” – Morrie Schwartz
“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?'” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Death
“Everyone knows they’re going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’m not afraid of aging.” – Morrie Schwartz
“As you grow old, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, it’s growth.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The fact that we don’t know our exact time of death is a blessing and a curse. We do not think about dying every moment, but we also do not think about living every moment.” – Morrie Schwartz
“It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.” – Morrie Schwartz
“When you’re in bed, you’re dead.” – Morrie Schwartz
“We all have the same beginning – birth – and we all have the same end – death. So how different can we be?” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Suffering and Pain
“What’s wrong with being number two? Why does everyone have to suffer to be number one?” – Morrie Schwartz
“Do not stop asking yourself: ‘Am I really the person I want to be?'” – Morrie Schwartz
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. That can be very healing.” – Morrie Schwartz
“If you hold back on the emotions—if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them—you can never get to being detached, you’re too busy being afraid.” – Morrie Schwartz
“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.” – Morrie Schwartz
“I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on all the good things still in my life.” – Morrie Schwartz
“When you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Suffering is how we test our love, especially our love for ourselves.” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Education
“The most important thing you can learn is how to be human.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. That’s what education should be about.” – Morrie Schwartz
“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. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Morrie Schwartz
“You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. Create your own.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over… Living unhappily is something else. Teach yourself to live happy.” – Morrie Schwartz
“What if today were my last day on earth?” This question should be taught in every classroom.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.” – Morrie Schwartz
“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.” – Morrie Schwartz
“There is no such thing as ‘too late’ in life. That is a mantra for education at all ages.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Everyone knows they’re going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently. This realization should be a part of our education.” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Forgiveness
“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The act of forgiving is itself a benefit to the person who is forgiving. Not to the forgiven.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Do the kinds 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 overwhelmed with what comes back.” – Morrie Schwartz
“If you hold back on the emotions—if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them—you can never get to being detached, you’re too busy being afraid.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Forgiveness is not just something you do for others; it’s a gift to yourself.” – Morrie Schwartz
“There’s no point in keeping vengeance or stubbornness. These things”—he gestured to his heart—“they have to be cleaned out to make room for the heart to grow.” – Morrie Schwartz
“As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, it’s growth. It’s forgiving your past and embracing your present.” – Morrie Schwartz
“It’s not just other people that you need to forgive. You also need to forgive yourself for not being perfect.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Part of this is learning to forgive.” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Society and Culture
“The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy into it.” – Morrie Schwartz
“We’ve got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. We repeat it—and have it repeated to us—over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise.” – Morrie Schwartz
“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.” – Morrie Schwartz
“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.” – Morrie Schwartz
“We all need teachers in our lives, but what matters most is that we live in a place that allows us to gain invaluable lessons from everyone around us.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over… Living unhappily is something else.” – Morrie Schwartz
“People are only mean when they’re threatened, and that’s what our culture does. That’s what our economy does.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.” – Morrie Schwartz
“No matter where a society places its elders, there are ways to make sure they are in the right places, because when a society does not make use of experience, the elders travel no further than the children.” – Morrie Schwartz
“There’s a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need.” – Morrie Schwartz
Tuesday with Morrie Quotes on Personal Growth
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.” – Morrie Schwartz
“As you grow old, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, it’s growth.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Learn to detach from experience and emotions. It’s part of your growth.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Do the kinds 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.” – Morrie Schwartz
“The truth is, you don’t get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction?… Offering others what you have to give.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.” – Morrie Schwartz
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Morrie Schwartz
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Final Thoughts
The lasting popularity of “Tuesday with Morrie” quotes lies in their ability to resonate intensely with universal human experiences and emotions.
Morrie’s teachings encourage you to reflect on your own life, prioritize relationships, and embrace empathy and kindness. As you navigate the intricacies of life, these quotes serve as gentle reminders of the significance of living authentically and enjoying every moment.
Morrie’s voice, preserved through these remarkable quotes, continues to inspire and challenge you to lead lives loaded with more importance and less regret.