This book was recommended to me by a British couple during a train journey. They told me that it was their favorite book.

The amount of bravery shown by Morrie during his final days was truly remarkable. This book tells us more about ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neuron disease. Morrie will teach us how to handle our emotions and how to detach from our feelings.

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Tuesdays with Morrie is like a reality TV show in that the characters and conversations are biographical; the conversations with Morrie were recorded. In the book, a student accidentally learns that his favorite professor is dying (16 years after graduating college) from ALS. Because dying from ALS is protracted, Morrie gets to philosophize about living, and the student is once again a student. We become Morrie's students too. This time the course is not sociology but life itself.



The book contains Morrie's wisdom as he ponders what's really important in life while at the edge of death. Old people used to be revered for their wisdom. These days, youth is revered and old people are just broken down bodies. This book is about being dazzled by the wisdom of an older man. Many times we are. For example, one of Morrie's gems is, "Death ends a life but not a relationship."

All of us speculate what life is about, what our purpose is in it and what is truly important. This book provides one set of answers. What keeps us reading given we know how the book will end? We're all on a course to death's door and at the end we'd all like to say that we lived a life that was well spent. So, we read in order to benefit from Morrie's wisdom.

There's no plot or drama; just a series of 14 interviews with Morrie before he passes. Each interview covers a different side of life, e.g., money, relationships, and common life mistakes we all tend to make.

Over the course of the book, we fall in love with Morrie's courage and positivism in the face of the horrific, debilitating effects of ALS. Because he is face to face with the certainty of death, each day he's more alive--until his body simply gives out. We grieve with the student over Morrie's passing and feel better having known him. Each reader takes away a different collection of Morrie's gems to use in his/her own life. Morrie wanted to be known and remembered. He and his wisdom are. Death did end Morrie's life but not our relationship with him.

More of a 3.5, really.

I'll start by saying that my one real issue with this book was that there wasn't much terribly original thinking within it. I definitely wanted more of a 'Wow, I never thought about it that way' feeling from Morrie's philosophies, and while it's hard to argue with anything he says it didn't feel like anything I hadn't heard from somewhere else before. Something probably by Disney.
In general, the book is well done. I liked the characters and found the story and the language very readable. At times I felt like a fly on the wall listening in on a Tuesday conversation and I liked that. Most importantly I didn't get bored.
From what I learned in reading this, I get the sense that it's the kind of thing Morrie would have wanted left behind in his stead and that's the best thing about this book. It felt like a more than adequate tribute, and I felt like I had gotten to know Morrie enough to be able to make that judgment. It's not overly emotional or sappy or pulling relentlessly on the reader's heartstrings, and it doesn't have to. It is a short and sweet reminder of the important things, a gentle prod in the direction of what matters, and it doesn't pretend to be anything else.

Okay. I've been familiar with this book ever since my high school days. This title was kind of popular so almost everyone wanted to read this. Unfortunately, during those times of buying, borrowing, and talking about Tuesdays with Morrie, I was the odd one who didn't like reading rising-to-fame/talk-of-the-town books. IDK, I guess it was a culture I personally developed. Don't ever ask me the magic word 'why' coz honestly, even I had no idea. Anyways, that was before. Just leave the past behind so no one's gonna get confused, sad or angry whatsoever. :PP

I decided to finally read this book after so many years of knowing just the title of it. My main reason was just out-of-curiosity-thingy
And to be honest, I wasn't disappointed nor felt sorry for myself for wasting my time on reading this. For me, this is a good read. I enjoyed it and at the same time, it inspired me.

I really thought this sucks. Well, since it's kind of popular I already figured out that there would be some honestly, I don't understand you people who wouldn't appreciate this book. call me shallow-minded IFDC!! It's mah opinion anyway.

I wouldn't feel ashamed admitting that reading this made me cry. This book taught me to appreciate life, to understand death and the importance of developing strong bonds with people. Morrie is one of those ideal professors who wouldn't just teach you lessons by means of words, but also with experiences and compassion.

A slightly naive, refreshingly unwarped view of human experience.

Inspirational Qs from here:
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.
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Take any emotion—love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I’m going through, fear and pain from a deadly illness. If you hold back on the emotions—if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them—you can never get to being detached, you’re too busy being afraid. You’re afraid of the pain, you’re afraid of the grief. You’re afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. “But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. You know what pain is. You know what love is. You know what grief is. And only then can you say, ‘All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment’.
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We've got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country, Morrie sighed. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all of this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore.
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Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car. Gobble up a new piece of property. Gobble up the latest toy. And then they wanted to tell you about it. 'Guess what I got? Guess what I got?'

You know how I interpreted that? 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 a sense of comradeship.

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have.
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There is no such thing as 'too late' in life.
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The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us ever got enough of that. We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of - unconditional love, unconditional attention. Most of us didn't get enough.
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Accept who you are; and revel in it.
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We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.
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Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.
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Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

بخشی از زندگی میچ آلبوم با استادش موری شوارتز کسی که به بیماری ای ال اس مبتلا میشه و به جای ناامید شدن انتخاب می‌کنه تا آخرین لحظه از زندگی لذت ببره. کتاب فوق‌العاده‌ای بود. از خیلی قسمت‌هاش خوشم اومد چندتاییش رو می‌نویسم.
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*گاه اتفاقی می‌افتد که صبح‌ها گریه می‌کنم، گریه و باز گریه. برای خودم سوگواری می‌کنم. بعضی صبح‌ها به شدت عصبانی هستم، تلخ و دلگیر هستم. اما این حالتم آن‌قدرها دوام نمی‌آورد. از جایم بلند می‌شوم و می‌گویم: می‌خواهم زندگی کنم...
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*موری گفت: می‌دانی، وحشتناک است، وحشتناک است که می‌بینی بدنت تحلیل می‌رود و تو به سمت نیستی می‌روی، اما در ضمن جالب هم هست، فکر کن چقدر وقت فراوان داری که خداحافظی کنی.
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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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*مردم به قدری محتاج مهر و عشق هستند که حاضرند به جای آنچه گیرشان نمی‌آید هر چیز دیگری را قبول کنند. مادیات را در آغوش می‌کشند. اما بی‌فایده است. نمی‌توانید جای خالی عشق را با مادیات پر کنید. جای خالی آرامش، محبت و رفاقت با مادیات پر نمی‌شود.

I have never written a review like this before but this book truly inspired me.

So I just finished reading "Tuesdays With Morrie". What a wonderful book, I couldn't put it down! I cannot even imagine going through the last stages of my own life and being as brave (for lack of a better word in my head right now) as Morrie. He was filled with such happiness and joy in his own life. He had regrets but realized that it is ok as long as you can reconcile with yourself in the end. I'm not the type of person to find quotes in the literature I read. However, as I turned page after page through this book and submersed myself into the text I was reading I found myself getting out of bed in the middle of the night to find some post-its only to tag so many different paragraphs and pages that inspired me or had me think about things in my own life.

The idea of detaching oneself from emotions just baffled me. I myself fell in love and was heart broken in the end. I felt, and sometimes still feel, that I never want to experience such pain and heartache again. But Morrie says it best "If you hold back on the emotions - if you don't allow yourself to go through them - you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing your self to dive right in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. You know what pain is. You know what love is. You know what grief is. And only then can you say, 'All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.'" Who would have thought it is ok to show emotions as long as one does not stay with that emotion for too long.

Another quote that I find so enlightening... "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." This line in the book had me stop and think about everything I have in my life rather than anything I am "missing" in life. WHy should we focus on not having that special someone when truly many of us have multiple people in our lives who care for us and will be there for us in the end. Although Morrie does go on to say that everyone should find that love to marry. But why do we need to? I know that there are people who would take care of me later in life. Those that will be there for me always. While I hope to find my "true love" I still am blessed for those I have met in the past to years. I am only ashamed that I never saw them sitting right there in front of me until I read this book. Thank you for being there for me everyone! And, I hope for many more days spent with all of you and even more people to share my life with.

A genuinely abysmal work, in which a college student condescends to an old man because he is old and the writer isn't. One of the reviewers said it is filled with the wisdom we should all know; and that is true. In fact, I suspect everyone reading already knows what Albom is learning, so that is exhilarating to certain kinds of readers. Not to me.

bro the ending fcking killed me

simple and sweet book, thought it was pretty well done

4.5

موری داستان هم درد استیون هاوکینگ را تحمل میکند و لحظه به لحظه به مرگ نزدیک میشود اما دیدگاه انسانیش به مرگ و وصیت هایی که برای میچ شاگرد قدیمی اش به جای میگذارد فوق العلاده ترین کلام هاست و باعث میشود در کنار تلخی مرگ آهسته اش , شیرینی دیدگاه انسانی و والای یک انسان مثل موری داستان , زیر دندان من خواننده بنشیند و حس کنم چقدر آدم های اینگونه را دوست دارم که تا آخرین لحظه ی عمر میجنگند تا افکار منفی و یاس و نا امیدی به انها غلبه نکند و با دستی پر و دلی پر مهر به مرحله ای دیگر از زندگی قدم بگذارند و این جهان و تن و گوشت و پوستشان را ترک کنند و شیرین بروند و مردمی را هم شیفته ی عقاید و کلام و نگاه شان به زندگی کنند , این کتاب را دوست داشتم چون پدر بزرگ خود من هم با وجود سرطانی که فلجش کرده بود و کاری کرده بود که دیگر نای حرکت نداشت به زندگی مثل موری این داستان از همین زاویه نگاه میکرد و وقتی روحش از بند تنش آزاد شد , اول گریه کردم بعد شاد بودم چون شادی روحش را احساس میکردم , نه تنها من بلکه تمام اطرافیانم هم همیشه میگویند که پدر بزرگم شاد و خوشبین از این دنیا رفت و مرد
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...یادش گرامی

A beautiful memorial to a beloved professor who touched the souls of everyone he encountered. I loved his advice as to not buying into the American culture of “more, more, more.” Highly relatable and a solid, quick read!

“Why did we bother with all the distractions we did? Back home, the O. J. Simpson trial was in full swing, and there were people who surrendered their entire lunch hours watching it, then taped the rest so they could watch more at night. They didn't know O. J. Simpson. They didn't know anyone involved in the case. Yet they gave up days and weeks of their lives, addicted to someone else's drama.”

“[Morrie] took more time eating and looking at nature and wasted no time in front of TV sitcoms or ‘Movies of the Week.’ He had created a cocoon of human activities—conversation, interaction, affection—and it filled his life like an overflowing soup bowl.”

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)