Quote 13
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give our love, and to let it come in." (8.38)
Here Morrie gives us his secret to success, the principle that orders all the others: We have to love. If we love, we're able to put the right priorities on everything else in life, mainly putting others before ourselves. If you learn to be comfortable with sharing your heart and allowing others to share theirs, you just can't go wrong.
Quote 14
"And, in addition to all the miseries, the young are not wise. They have very little understanding about life. Who wants to live every day when you don't know what's going on? When people are manipulating you, telling you to buy this perfume and you'll be beautiful […] and you believe them! It's such nonsense." (17.20)
Take it from Morrie: Being young is overrated. Youth comes with all kinds of the wrong priorities—beauty, looks, fads—and these things don't make people wise, only foolish and unhappy. It's not impossible, but it's very difficult for young people to have the right priorities. But at the same time, everybody wants to be young.
Quote 15
"But there are days when I am depressed. Let me not deceive you. I see certain things going and I feel a sense of dread. What am I going to do without my hands? What happens when I can't speak?" (11.10)
Morrie admits that his state of happiness is very hard work, and doesn't always pan out. He's affected by fear and depression just like anybody else, and goodness knows that Morrie has more reason to be miserable than many people right now.