Morrie Schwartz Quotes

You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean.

You are the land. The land is you.

I am a part of all that I have met.

Are not the mountains, waves, and skies as much a part of me, as I of them?

God is in you as the ocean is in the wave.

They are the we of me.

Colin's skin was alive with the feeling of connection to everyone in that car and everyone not in it. And he was feeling not-unique in the very best possible way.

I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. My soul knows that I am part of the human race, my soul is an organic part of the great human race, as my spirit is part of my nation. In my own very self, I am part of my family.

O lands! O all so dear to me - what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is.

You are whole and also part of larger and larger circles of wholeness you many not even know about. You are never alone. And you already belong. You belong to humanity. You belong to life. You belong to this moment, this breath.

The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love.

Nothing to do with anything, something to do with everything.

In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather an obedient response to the reality of our being united.

I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other.

In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

We are all one. We're not as separate as we oftentimes think.

Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with every one else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself.

We share something in common with the fabric of the whole universe that connects us.

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people.

The soul is one in its nature, but its entities are many.

Whoever dedicates his life to searching out particular connections of nature will spontaneously be confronted with the question how they harmoniously fit into the whole.

We're all one thing, and we're all just enacting different aspects of ourselves all the time.