It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. read more

It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. Even the stain on the coffee cup seems not coffee but the physical manifestation of one's inner stain, the fatal blot that from the beginning had marked one for ultimate aloneness.

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the read more

No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you read more

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling and everyone around you is crying.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

Most people would rather die than think;
in fact, they do so.

Most people would rather die than think;
in fact, they do so.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.

He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.

He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.