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I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
Most people would rather die than think;
in fact, they do so.
Most people would rather die than think;
in fact, they do so.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and read more
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone read more
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live you life in a manner so that when you read more
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.
...the mind is conscious, but conscious of nothing - I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope read more
...the mind is conscious, but conscious of nothing - I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: so the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.
The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.
Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.
Do not seek death.
Death will find you.
But seek the road which
makes death a fulfillment.
You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper.
You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper.