Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
MITCH ALBOMThe news of life is carried via telephone. A baby’s birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway – most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.
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In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.
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What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next. It is still unwritten.
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There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.
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Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.
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Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.
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This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It’s knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.
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You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.
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Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
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It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.
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Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
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You can’t get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn’t help you.
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We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.
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It’s such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.
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Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don’t assume that it’s too late to get involved.
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