Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 7 Quotes
Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 7 Quotes
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Quote 1
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?
Quote 2
In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother with all the distractions we did? […] They didn't know O.J. Simpson. They didn't know anyone involved in the case. Yet they gave up days and weeks of their lives, addicted to someone else's drama. (7.2)
In our modern age, our life is filled up with the lives of people we barely even know or care about. We get distracted by watching other people in the media rather than understanding what our own lives mean. Morrie, on the other hand, is maximizing his human experience by surrounding himself with people he really loves and cares about.
Quote 3
I had remembered what Morrie said during our visit: "The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it." (7.3)
After their first meeting, Mitch is already being educated by Morrie's words of wisdom. While on a business trip to London, his old professor's words are sounding in his ears and he's starting to see the world from a little bit wiser of a place.