So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

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).

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or read more

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.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.

The cost of living is dying, everybody pays.

Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.

Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.