Mitch Albom is a bestselling author, journalist, musician, dramatist, and broadcaster. His inspirational books about life and death, including Tuesdays with Morrie, have sold over forty million copies worldwide.
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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’
Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.