What is the author's style in Morrie: In His Own Words by Morrie Schwartz?

Schwartz's perspective is a combination of wisdom, compassion, empathy and one in such of a spiritual connection. Schwartz clearly conceives of himself as a man whose background in the sociology of suffering and his experience with Lou Gehrig's disease give him an unusual perspective on terminal illness. Thus he spent much of his time when he was in physical decline crafting aphorisms to help others make it through what he was experiencing at the time. These aphorisms are meant to encapsulate lessons that Schwartz explains throughout the book.