Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing. - Mitch Albom

Morrie believed in the inherent good of people. But he also saw what they could become. “People are only mean when they’re threatened,” he said later that day, “and that’s what our culture does. That’s what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about losing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.

"It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often.

No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.