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

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

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.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to read more

I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain.

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

In death a hero, as in life a friend!.

In death a hero, as in life a friend!.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.