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Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt read more
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.
Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.
Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.
Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found read more
Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.
Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, read more
Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.
Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as read more
Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
