"We've got a form of brainwashing going on……" — Morrie Schwartz
"We've got a form of brainwashing going on in our country…. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. MORE IS GOOD. MORE IS GOOD. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore."
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62 Quotes by Morrie Schwartz
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Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much…
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The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to…
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Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are going to…
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Build a little community of those you love and who love you
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People are only mean when they're threatened… and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. Even people…
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If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.
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There is no experience like having children...If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and…
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If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t…
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