"زندگی مجموعه ای است از پسروی ها و پیش روی ها. تو می خواهی کاری را انجام بدهی، اما به زور مجبور می شوی کار دیگری انجام دهی.آسیب می خوری، در حالی که نمی دانی نمی بایست آسیب می خوردی"

این کتاب دیدگاه متفاوتی از مرگ ارائه میده، این که دیر شدنِ انجام کاری معنی نداره و مرگ می‌تونه مسبب کمال انسان شه و نه نابودی او.
نمی‌تونم بگم کتاب یک شاهکار ادبیه یا جملات فیلسوفانه‌ایه داره که زندگی‌تونو متحول می‌کنه یا داستان خیلی خاصی داره، در واقع تبلیغات کمی اغراق کردند و کتاب در کل یک وصیت‌نامه یا نصحیت‌نامه از روزهای آخر پیرمرد مریضیه ک داره با مرگ دست و پنجه نرم می کنه، اما بعضی از جملات کتاب قابل تامل بودند که سعی کردم در قالب آپدیت هام ثبتشون کنم. کتابی نیست که بشینم در موردش فکر کنم تا عمیقا متاثر شم اما اگه به ایده‌هایی که داده به برخی جمله‌هاش یا سرفصل‌هاش فکر کنیم و درموردشون مطالعه کنیم شاید به نتایج خوب و قابل تاملی برسیم.

و بزرگترین درسی که می‌شد از کتاب گرفت این بود که کاری کنیم تا از مرگ خودمون هیچ وقت شرمنده و متاسف نباشیم.

پ.ن: ۳.۵ ستاره به نظرم درست‌تره.

I have been hearing about this book for many years and when I came across it at work yesterday I thought I would take a look. Once I started reading I found it very hard to put away.

I finished Tuesday with Morrie tonight and spent a good part of it crying my heart out. This book touch me in away that I never thought possible and will take the lesson away that Morrie told Mitch:
1) Love your family and friend.
2) Don't be afraid to show your emotional side to people.
3) Live your life and never hold on to hate or pain.
4) Don't get taking in my what's hot know and the need to have the news thing.

I looking forward to reading more books by Mitch Albom and will be buying my own copy of Tuesday with Morrie for my own library collection.

داستانی از جهان‌بینی استاد میچ آلبوم که به یه بیماری دچار شده که رو به مرگه.
دو سوم اول کتاب رو بیشتر دوست داشتم. نمی‌دونم حرفاش بیشتر اونایی بود که من نیاز داشتم یا اینکه جنبه تکرار گرفت. با این حال در مجموع همراه شدن با موری و دنیای ذهنش که خیلی بهش نزدیکم لذت زیادی داشت. نوع روایت داستان برام چندان دلچسب نبود اما محتوا خیلی خوب بود. حالا هر روز با خودم تکرار می‌کنم باید دل کندن رو یاد گرفت!
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بخش‌های ماندگار کتاب:
آنچه را می‌توانید انجام دهید و آنچه را نمی‌توانید بپذیرید.
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دلیل موجهی نداشتم مگر دلایلی از آن دست که همه دارند. بیش از حد گرفتار زندگی خودم بودم.
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باید خیلی قوی باشی که اگر متاع این فرهنگ را نمی‌پسندی، خریدار آن نشوی. فرهنگی از آن خود ابداع کن.
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زندگی مجموعه‌ای از فراز و نشیب‌هاست. دلت می‌خواهد کاری بکنی، اما مجبوری کار دیگری انجام دهی. از چیزی ناراحتی اما می‌دانی که نباید باشی. چیزهایی را امر مسلم می‌پنداری و این در حالی است که می‌دانی هرگز نباید چیزی را امر مسلم دانست.
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خیلی‌ها زندگیشان بی‌معناست. به نظر نیمه خواب می‌رسند. حتی وقتی کاری را می‌کنند که به اعتقادشان مهم است، انگار در خواب و بیداری هستند. به این دلیل است که خواسته اشتباه دارند. برای اینکه به زندگی خود معنا بدهید باید دیگران را عاشقانه دوست بدارید، خودتان را وقف دنیای پیرامونتان کنید، چیزی را خلق کنید که به شما معنا و هدف بدهد.
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به یاد همه کسانی افتادم که ساعت‌های طولانی از اوقات روزشان را با تأسف خوردن به حال خود می‌گذرانند. چه‌قدر خوب است که برای تأسف خوردن به حال خودمان نیز زمان مشخص و محدودی در نظر بگیریم. چند دقیقه اشک بریزیم و بعد به استقبال روزی برویم که در پیش رو داریم.
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همه می‌دانند که روزی می‌میرند اما کسی این را باور نمی‌کند. اگر باور می‌کردیم رفتارمان را ��غییر می‌دادیم.
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انگار زمان را می‌بینم که از میان آن پنجره عبور می‌کند.
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باید دل کندن را یاد گرفت.
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اگر به معنا برسی، دیگر دلت نمی‌خواهد به عقب بارگردی. می‌خواهی به جلو بروی.
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وقتت را صرف کاری کن که به زندگی‌ات معنا و هدف بدهد.

‎دوستانِ گرانقدر، این رمان در موردِ مردی به نامِ <میچ> میباشد که در زمانِ دانشجویی استادِ جامعه شناسی به نامِ <موری> داشته که دانشجویان او را بسیار دوست داشته اند... <موری> به بیماریِ بدونِ درمانِ "ای-ال-اس" مبتلا شده است... پس از ۱۶ سال <میچ> پس از دیدنِ <موری> در تلویزیون، تصمیم میگیرد به دیدنِ او رود... بیماری پیشرفت کرده و از پایین، بدنِ موری در حالِ فلج شدن و از کار افتادن میباشد... میچ تصمیم میگیرد تا این روزهایِ پایانی را با استادش بگذراند... بنابراین هر سه شنبه به دیدنِ موری رفته و با او به گفتگو مینشیند....و این کتاب به گفتگوهایِ این شاگرد و استاد در تعدادِ 14 سه شنبه، از زبانِ میچ پرداخته است
‎در زیر به انتخاب برخی از اندرزهایِ موری، خطاب به میچ را در زیر برایتان مینویسم
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‎اگر میخواهی برایِ اشخاص در رده هایِ بالا تظاهر به دارندگی کنی، بهتر است فراموش کنی. به هر صورت به تو به دیدگاهِ حقارت نگاه میکنند... برایِ اشخاصِ واقع در رده هایِ پایین هم تظاهر به بزرگی نکن. تنها به حالِ تو غبطه میخورند.. جاه و مقام، تو را به جایی نمیرساند، تنها با دلی با دریچه هایِ گشوده، همجریانِ بقیه میشوی
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‎اشکال بر سرِ این است که همه عجله دارند، مردم به معنایی در زندگیشان نرسیده اند، به همین دلیل پیوسته شتاب دارند که آن را بیابند. به فکرِ اتومبیل بعدی، خانهٔ بعدی و شغلِ بعدی هستند. بعد میبینید که اینها مقولاتی تهی و بی معنا هستند، از این رو به دویدن ادامه میدهند
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‎جسم به مثابه صدفی است برایِ حفظِ روح و روان.. وقتی مُرد، از بدنش جُز مُشتی پوست و استخوانِ بیفایده باقی نخواهد ماند، با این ذهنیت دل کندن از تن راحت تر میشود
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‎ما عادت نداریم لحظه‌ای بایستیم، پشتِ سرمان را نگاه کنیم، زندگی‌هایمان را ببینیم و به خودمان بگوییم، همه چیز همین است؟ همه‌ٔ چیزی که من میخواهم همین است؟ آیا این وسط چیزی گم نشده؟
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‎تا زمانی که بتوانیم یکدیگر را دوست بداریم و مهر و عشقی را که داشتیم بخاطر بیاوریم، میتوانیم بی آنکه واقعاً برویم، بمیریم.. عشقی که ایجاد میکنید، پایدار باقی میماند، خاطراتی را که می آفرینی باقی میماند.. زنده باقی میمانی- در دلِ همهٔ کسانی که رویِ آنها اثر گذاشته ای
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‎همه میدانند که روزی میمیرند، اما کسی این را باور نمیکند.. اگر باور میکردیم، رفتارمان را تغییر میدادیم
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‎پیر شدن صرفاً زوال و تحلیل رفتن نیست، رشد هم هست. چیزی بیشتر از نزدیک شدن به مرگ است.. همه اش جنبهٔ منفی نیست، جنبهٔ مثبت هم دارد.. میفهمی که باید بمیری و با این علم و اطلاع، بهتر زندگی میکنی
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‎امیدوارم این ریویو در جهتِ آشنایی با این کتاب، کافی و مفید بوده باشه
‎<پیروز باشید و ایرانی>

I'd heard raves about "Tuesdays with Morrie," so I was went into this with high hopes due to hype,and this book delivered and enchanted me. It is truly a book about teaching and teachable moments. A book for anyone that is looking for something that can help him or her through life when it gets hard. "Tuesdays with Morrie" starts off as a teacher who watches his student, Mitch Albom, go through college and then later in life Mitch experiences this same teacher (or Coach, Morrie) struggle with a life threatening disease.

After college Mitch Albom was wrapped up in material things and career concerns until he was reunited with his dying professor. Albom's time with Morrie Schwartz, before his death, is chronicled in this charming little book. The lessons might seem cliché or overdone in the hands of another writer; however, because Albom had such a close relationship with Morrie the professor's personality really comes through in the book. What might've been super sappy, and at sometimes it is a little bit, otherwise comes through with heartfelt meaning and the sincerity with which it was so lovingly passed on to Albom as he talked with his friend in his dying days. This book is not all heavy and filled with seriousness though, there's a great deal of humor in Morrie's attitude, lessons, and stories and I found myself laughing every now and then.

I rated this book a five out of five because I think it's a book that every person should read at some point in his or her life. Morrie helps you look at life from a different angle or with a different lens. Morrie makes you realize how good life really is, despite his condition, and how we should value our time on Earth. He speaks on death not being a bad thing, but a good thing especially if you have lived the life that you wanted to. When Morrie was dying he explained that everyone should do what they dream of doing, don't let life get in the way of things. Money, power, etc. All that stuff is a cultural blinder, and that we should make sure we get a chance to do all of the things that we want to before we die.

In addition to the great story, I was also impressed with the layout of the book. Albom intermingles old memories from his college days in Morrie's classes among the short chapters dealing with specific life lessons like aging, love, and death. This method of layout made for an engrossing, and very fast-moving read. I blew through the book in only a few hours and was completely satisfied with its well roundedness. There was laughter as well as tears, and I came away from the book feeling enriched. I had a couple friends say to me that they had to read this book in school, now after reading it I say, I wish I had this assigned to me, it was a great read. Funny that I finished this book on a Tuesday, Morrie would say, "we're Tuesday people."

"In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive right?... But here's the secret: in between, we need others as well." - Morris Schwartz

"Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but previous 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 a way back. Sometimes it is only in your head. Sometimes it is right alongside their beds." - Mitch Albom

Loved it. So, so sad and yet so uplifting at the same time.
Tuesdays with Morrie definitely makes you look around and realise how lucky you are, and that you should make the most of life while you still can.

Morrie's son and wife are our neighbors -- We sit on the bike at the gym together!

Its fun to hear my friend tell stories about his 'dad' when he was growing up.

Inspiring book! Hasn't the entire world read this book yet? (I should hope so)

Tuesday with Morrie
Well this book is:
Simple yet compelling,
Quick read yet thought-provoking,
Saddening yet heartening,
Short yet long lasting.

Not reviewing this book critically, this is perfect and complete in the style, it's written.
Truly inspirational real life story of Professor Morrie Schwartz albeit carrying a life changing message for all.
Precisely this book has something for everyone.
A must read.

So Tuesdays With Morrie didn't change my life.

Unfortunately, I'm the one that feels sorry because Morrie was just such a nice old man who struggled so bravely throughout his illness. Believe me, I wanted his philosophy to change my life.

Morrie's message is "Love each other or die." More specifically, Morrie believes that American culture is flawed because it encourages people to hold financial and career success as their primary goal. While making lots of money might produce some nice Christmas and birthday presents, Morrie says our obsession with money is misguided. Don't worry that the bank took your home. Feel good that you have friends.

I found Morrie's message a little simplistic.

Perhaps I'm a cynic -- though I think I'd pass the Morrie test on how to live life -- but I found myself thinking that perhaps Morrie's crystal vision comes from the fact that he has access to enough money to afford four nurses so I found his "don't worry about money so much" theme a little irritating. Frankly, these interviews and their themes are somewhat easy, which is perhaps why this memoir is often found in the "self help" section. Sorry, self-help writers, but I think you're all aware that your work is designed to deliver easy answers that will have a broad appeal to maximize the number of people that will buy your "help."

Still, Tuesdays With Morrie is not all bad. Give Albom credit, he is much better here than he is in Five People You Meet in Heaven. Morrie is definitely a nice, charismatic ant, and Albom tends to write with suitably grasshopper-level humility. He changes from an emotionally oblivious dude to an emotionally in tune with others man. And, at 190 pages, you're out very little time if you sit and browse through these Tuesday interviews.

I don't doubt that this book would have cured Patrick Bateman.

Tuesdays With Morrie strikes me a strong entry for adolescents and mid-life crisis sufferers. It's designed for people to finish the last page, and -- through the tears -- proclaim that their life has been changed.

* Reread

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."


Whenever someone asks me to tell them my favorite books of all time, I always put this book at the top of the list. I blame but thank this book for becoming the reader that I am today and even though this book drowned me in a pool of tears...



this is still one of my most inspiring reads. ^^ Reading this book was like taking a complete course on life and living and there is no better life coach than Morrie. This may sound exaggerated but I felt like I became a different person and a better one at that after reading this.

I thank Mitch Albom for sharing not only his special gift in writing, but also his incredible experience as one of Morrie's students. This is honest to goodness the book that literally changed my life and I will be forever grateful. <3 <3 <3

- شخصیت موری را دوست داشتم؛ نکاتی درمورد افزایش آگاهی و ساده‌زیستی داشت که تحت تاثیر فلسفه ذن و بودایی بود.
-داستان ساختار مشخص و منسجمی نداشت.
- از روی مباحث مطرح شده بدون ذکر جزئیات کافی عبور می‌کرد.
- در کل به نظر من داستانی معمولی بود و نکته‌ی خارق‌العاده‌ای نداشت.

This is one of those books where I find myself agreeing with the five star reviews and the one star reviews with almost equal enthusiasm.

On one hand, it's the sweet story of a man as he reconnects with a former mentor/professor, who is facing a death sentence via ALS. It's obvious that Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie" provided them both with something substantially satisfying. And that's inspiring and poignant.

Yet on the other hand, Albom's attempts to enlighten us transforms it into a "Hallmark" card on steroids, a rather dramatic and prolonged one that does little more to demystify the true meaning of life than offer up tired and somewhat ambiguous cliches like "love conquers all." Though an honorable sentiment, it's not markedly more substantive or instructive than the alternative, "life sucks and then you die."

Let's face it. Death scares the *%(^ out of most of us...as it should, especially when you consider that no one really knows what it's like to be dead, if it's like anything at all. Add to that the fact that in the grand scope of things we're all insignificant blimps/statistically insignificant(tens of thousands of people die every day around the world and yet most of their deaths go relatively unnoticed) and the glaring reality that it takes markedly more than "love" to make it through life, and these comforting cliches suddenly lose some of their "comfort."

However, that doesn't mean life has to be or feel meaningless, it simply means it is up to each of us to find and give our lives meaning...whatever that may mean.

Tuesdays with Morrie definitely encourages the reader to stop and think about what is important, yet falls short of providing any new insight into how one actually figures it out for themselves and/or how we reach that balance between living as if there is a tomorrow while simultaneously realizing that, at least for some us, there won't be.

Alas...3 stars. A book worth reading, but not a life-changing or even an attitude-changing one.

I should add that this book might hold more appeal to someone who,like Morrie, is coming to immediate terms with his own mortality as they may find inspiration in his personal story.