Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 12 Quotes
Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 12 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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Quote 1
This, for Morrie, was a blessing. He hated the place. He made another vow that he kept to the end of his life: he would never do any work that exploited someone else, and he would never allow himself to make money off the sweat of others. (12.31)
When Morrie is very young, he makes choices that affect the rest of his life, just like he does when he's sick. He comes from a poor background but makes the decision that he still has a say in what he does with his future. He's repulsed by the factory where his dad takes him to work and decides that he's not going to work in labor.
Quote 2
Still, despite their circumstances, Morrie was taught to love and to care. And to learn. Eva would accept nothing less than excellence in school, because she saw education as the only antidote to their poverty. (12.25)
As a child, Morrie's stepmother encourages him to become the man who he eventually does. She teaches him that learning and loving are kind of the same; they can overrule the fact that they're poor and make them better people.
Quote 3
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."—Henry Adams (12.36)
So here we have it: The teacher's role is to be responsible for giving people the right principles. What a teacher says can affect generations and help people live the way that they should.