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“These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for sense of comradeship.

When you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for.

You don't get satisfaction from those things.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Embrace aging.

If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Offering others what you have to give.

I don't mean money. I mean your time. Your concern. Your storytelling.

This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.

Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson