Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 21 Quotes
Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 21 Quotes
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Quote 1
It was a tense scene as the principals all turned to face the jury, Simpson, in his blue suit, surrounded by his small army of lawyers, the prosecutors who wanted him behind bars just a few feet away. When the foreman read the verdict—"Not guilty"—Connie shrieked. (21.157)
The O.J. Simpson trial kind of sums up everything that Morrie says about culture. They are all shocked when the notorious celebrity is ruled innocent, since all the evidence suggests otherwise. Talk about our culture valuing the wrong principles.
Quote 2
"The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own." (21.30)
Morrie is saying that despite what each of us believes, we should be able to recognize what makes us all the same—faith shouldn't be something that keeps people apart. Clearly, Morrie values this one human family more than particulars about what put us here on earth and where we'll go afterwards.
Quote 3
"We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you're surrounded by people who say 'I want mine now,' you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it." (21.28)
Compassionate people make for a good society, while selfish people, on the other hand, make for a really unfair world to live in. We all have a responsibility to help each other reach our potential so that the world can be a fair and honest place to live in.