“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.”
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Mitchell David "Mitch" Albom is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician. His books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide.
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“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.”
“I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears...”
“If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled...”
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“You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on thin...”
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“Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.”
“It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.”
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“Look, if you say that science will eventually prove there is no God, on that I must differ. No matter how small they take it back, to a tadpole, to an atom, there is always something they ca...”
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“Man invents nothing God did not create first.”
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“Personally, I always wondered about authors and celebrities who loudly declared there was no God. It was usually when they were healthy and popular and being listened to by crowds. What happ...”
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“Jauh lebih menyenangkan merasa bahwa Tuhan mendengarkanmu dan mengatakan tidak, ketimbang merasa tak ada siapa pun yang mendengarkanmu”
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“We adults can be a wretched lot Chika, yet in every child's face we see the Lord has not given up on us.”
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“You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship”
“There are touches in your life that identify the person making contact, even if your eyes are closed.”
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“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”
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“Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”
“We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks—we’re involved in trillions of l...”
“But I do know we’re deficient in some way. We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these thi...”
“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 g...”
“There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having c...”
“This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.”