Quotes by Mitch Albom

You have one family, Charley. For good or bad. You have one family. You can’t trade them in. You can’t lie to them. You can’t run two at once, substituting back and forth.“Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.

Tell me about your family, I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the family - who was related to whom - and I struggled. I couldnt remember. A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let your past disappear that way.

The problem is that we dont believe that we are much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholic and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own.

I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means youll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldnt.But theres a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mothers story, because hers is where yours begins.

...But behind all your stories is always your mothers story, because hers is where yours begins.

Every family is a ghost story.

There are five people you meet in heaven, the Blue Man suddenly said. Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on Earth.Eddie looked confused.People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless.This is the greatest gift God can give you: To understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.

The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

..And because he was still able to move his hands - Morrie always spoke with both hands waving - he showed great passion when explaining how you face the end of life.

Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.

Never tell a child that something it’s too hard

Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.

Life has to end, she said. Love doesnt.

And on a cold Sunday afternoon, he was joined in his home by a small group of friends and family for a living funeral. Each of them spoke and paid tribute.. Some cried. Some laughed. One woman read a poem: My dear and loving cousin.. Your ageless heart as you ,love through time, layer on layer, tender sequoia.. .. And all the heartfelt things we never get to say to those we love, Morrie said that day.

All who are born are always dying.

The eighties happened. The nineties happened. Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened. I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.

Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.

Belief, hard work, love - you have those things, you can do anything.

Look. I know what I believe. Its in my soul. But I constantly tell our people: you should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to say that we dont know everything. And since we dont know everything, we must accept that another person may believe something else.

Then, after showing the pill and some graphics, those same people appeared again, looking happier.The Reb and I watched in silence. After it ended, he asked, Do you think those pills work?Not like that, I said.No, he agreed. Not like that.