How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
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.
Quote #5
Some of us are agitated. When is he going to say something? We squirm, we check our watches. A few students look out the window, trying to be above it all. This goes a good fifteen minutes, before Morrie finally breaks in with a whisper.
"What's happening here?" he asks. (8.44-45)
In case you haven't noticed, Morrie is a very hands-on type of guy when it comes to learning. He gets his students to think by shaking them up a bit, giving an example before he even starts to lecture. He applies his lesson to real life, which is something his students don't expect from a teacher.
Quote #6
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)
Way to put education on a pedestal. Morrie was inspired by his stepmother, who told him that learning is the ultimate power trip; in his youth, education was the "antidote" to being poor. Obviously it helped Morrie move out of the slums of the Depression-era Bronx.