To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything but that world is not merely hell but the only possible damnation: the act of a man damning himself. It may be -- I hope it is -- redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all its beauty, vastness, majesty, is only part of a whole which is quite unimaginable.
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Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.
If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to read more
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.
There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you read more
There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved--and not the reverse.
When he shall die Take him and cut him in little stars And he will make the face of heaven read more
When he shall die Take him and cut him in little stars And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his read more
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
For death begins with life's first breath
And life begins at touch of death.
For death begins with life's first breath
And life begins at touch of death.
