Mitch Albom, quotes

People think of Heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless.

Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it.

I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.

Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.

Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.

There is a reason God limits our days.” “Why?” “To make each one precious.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.

We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside.

You have peace when you make it with yourself.

Sacrifice, you made one. I made one. We all make them. But you are angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost… You didn’t get it. Sacrifice is a part of life.

Time is not what you think. Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on Earth is only the beginning.

No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.