How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Have you found someone to share your heart with?" he asked.
"Are you giving to your community?
"Are you at peace with yourself?
"Are you trying to be as human as you can be?" (6.15-18)
Morrie pummels Mitch with really deep personal questions during their first meeting. These questions outline what Morrie has come to believe truly matters in life—and they're big questions. We doubt that anyone could confidently answer yes to all of them.
Quote #2
"Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own." (6.29)
According to Morrie, our culture surrounds us with the wrong principles and priorities. The only way to fight this is to create your own set of principles. Basically we have to work against the system to live the right way.
Quote #3
I had also developed my own culture. Work. I did four or five media jobs in England, juggling them like a clown. I spent eight hours a day on a computer, feeding my stories back to the States. […] This was not an abnormal load. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to the side. (7.5)
In his life, Mitch has made work his main principle. He spends the most time working out of everything else, and everything else in his life comes after work. Not the most balanced way to live, is it?