Mitch Albom Zitate

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„Warum ist uns die Stille peinlich? Welchen Komfort finden wir in all dem Lärm?“

„Ein mit jemand geliebten verbrachter Tag vermag alles zu verändern.“

„Akzeptiere, wer du bist; und schwelge darin.“

„Jedes Ende ist auch ein Neuanfang. Wir wissen es nur nicht immer.“

„Alle Eltern schaden ihren Kindern. Es ist nun mal so. Jugend, wie makelloses Glas, nimmt die Abdrücke derer an die es handhaben. Einige Eltern richten Flecken an, andere Sprünge, und einige wenige zertrümmern Kindheiten vollständig zu winzig kleinen spitzen Splittern, ohne Hoffnung auf Reparatur.“

“the pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.”

“War could bond men like a magnet, but like a magnet it could repel them, too. The things they saw, the things they did. Sometimes they just wanted to forget.”

“Are you seeing anyone romantically?" he inquired.
"No, I'm not," she replied.
"Good. Please keep it that way. Because I intend to ask you to marry me.”

“Miracles happen quietly every day - in an operating room, on a stormy sea, in the sudden appearance of a road side stranger. They are rarely tallied. No one keeps score.”

“the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.”

“It's the thinking that gets you killed.”

“People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.”

“Sometimes, questions are more hurtful than insults.”

“What is it about childhood that never lets you go, even when you're so wrecked it's hard to believe you ever were a child?”

“the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.”

“Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.”

“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.”

“It is no coincidence that the words 'trying' and 'dying' are only a few letters apart.”

“People say they "find" love, as if it were an object hidden by a rock. But love takes many forms and it is never the same for any man and woman. What people find then is a CERTAIN love.”

“when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.”

“What's wrong with being number 2?”

“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”

“When a lost loved one appears before you, it's your brain that fights it, not your heart.”

“Love each other or perish.”

“if you find one true friend in your life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed."

She paused. "And if that one true friend is your sister, don't feel bad. At least, she can't divorce you.”

“I saw in her expression that old, unshakable mountain of concern. And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know”

“I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.”

“You can find something truly important in a minute…”

“There are many things in my life that I wish I could take back. Many moments I would recast.”

“You know what the Buddhists say?
Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”

“No soul remembered is ever really gone.”

“Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale… Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition.”

“The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.”

“Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”