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I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable read more
I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.
To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
(2:29).
Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
(2:29).
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid
and deeds left undone.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid
and deeds left undone.
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his read more
Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?.
Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.
If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having.
