1,065 Quotes by Mitch Albom

Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, you will always find your way back. Sometimes it is only in your head. Sometimes it is right alongside their beds.

The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things.

Some of these things I understand, some I do not. It makes no difference. The discussions give me an excuse to talk to him, fatherly conversations I cannot have with my father, who would like me to be a lawyer.

Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.

Now that child reminds me of something our sages taught. When a baby comes into the world, it's hands are clenched, right? Like this?"He made a fist."Why? Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say 'The whole world is mine.'"But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned the lesson."What lesson? I asked.He stretched open his empty fingers."We can take nothing with us.

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

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

All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.

The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone.