You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It happens every day. When lightning strikes a minute after you are gone, or an airplane crashes that you might have been on. When your colleague falls ill and you do not. We think such things are random. But there is a balance to it all. One withers, another grows. Birth and death are part of a whole. (Mitch Albom, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven")
I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day. (Mitch Albom, "Tuesdays with Morrie")
Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you. (Mitch Albom, "Tuesdays with Morrie")
People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. (Mitch Albom)
People come down for baseball or football or hockey and drive by the refurbished Fox and State theaters, they see the new Hard Rock Cafe, the Borders bookstore, the bars and restaurants, the loft conversions. You can't drive around and not see what's happening down here. (Mitch Albom)