Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must read more

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
read more

Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
of his wondrous maiden flight
as he soared up and away
and out of sight.

I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall read more

I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.

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?.

Unto God, the Lord belong the issues of death.
(68:20).

Unto God, the Lord belong the issues of death.
(68:20).

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took read more

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.