No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Things grow quickly are often more easily destroyed than those which take a long time.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
when your time came, it came, and that was that. You might say something smart on your way out, but you might… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
You knew me. You knew that person, but you don't know the person I'm trying to become... You are not your past! — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?.. He would not wither. He would… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“You really loved her?' 'I would have given my life.' 'Would you have taken it?' 'No, child,' he said. 'That is not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be answer to your prayer. To… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“So many times, I had chosen not to be with her. Too busy. Too tires. Don't feel like dealing with it. Church?… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
At that moment i felt lonelier than i'd ever felt before, and that loneliness seemed to squat in my lungs and crush… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I believe he died this way on purpose. I believe he wanted no chilling moments, no one to witness his last breath… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What do people fear most about death? I asked the reb. "Fear?" he thought for a moment. 'Well, for one thing, what… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“What was the constant? Movement. Yes. With time there was always movement. The setting sun. The dripping water. The pendulums. The spilling… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
As mankind grew obsessed with its hours, the sorrow of lost time became a permanent hole in the human heart. People fretted… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“His body had been weakened, the ocen had left him vulnerable, pneumonia took ahold of him, and in time, he died.' Because… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I have come to teach you that there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“You loved to teach. In time, you tried the rabbinate. And you failed. But a great Jewish scholar said two words you… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“But Father Time is real. And, in truth, he cannot age. Beneath the unruly beard and cascading hair—signs of life, not death—his… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Same for loneliness: you let go, let the tears flow, feel it completely--but eventually be able to say, " All right, that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“All he knows is that something stepped in front of him, blocking his way, until in time he gave up on things,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Holding him like that moved me in a way I cannot describe, except to say I felt the seeds of death inside… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Why did you measure the days and nights? To know. Sitting high above the city, Father Time realized that knowing something and… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“We do not realize the sound the world makes-unless of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts, it sounds… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Time," the Captain said, "is not what you think." He sat down next to Eddie. "Dying? Not the end of everything. We… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He wrote bite-sized philosophies about living with death's shadow: "Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Because one thing God gave us- and I'm afraid it's at times a little too much- is freewill. Freedom to choose. I… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“In stories about life after death, the soul often floats above the good-bye moment, hovering over police cars at highway accidents, or… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind the time. Be on time. Spare time. Keep time. Stall for time.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“There are five people you meet in Heaven. Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it… So we kid ourselves about death… But there's a better approach. To… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I wrote articles about rich athletes who, for the most part, could not care less about people like me. .. My days… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“If the only thing wrong with Moses is that he's not yours; if the only thing wrong with Jesus is that he's not yours;… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually, they're just… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“I had also developed my own culture. Work. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“You didn’t get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
