Kate♡’s Reviews > Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson > Status Update

"Part of the problem is that everyone is in such a hurry. People haven't found meaning in their lives, so they're running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. They find those things are empty too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it's hard to slow yourself down."

"Material things held little or no significance. When people die, you always hear the expression 'you can't take it with you when you go.' Morrie seemed to know that a long time ago.
... Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car/new piece of property/new toy.... people are so hungry for love that they are accepting substitutes from materials objects."

"I kept imagining him there, squeezing out every moment with his loved ones, while I spent so many hours on things that meant absolutely nothing to me personally... [we] give up days and weeks of [our] lives addicted to someone else's drama"

my kids and I loved this part - this quote is even more relevant nowadays!