A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to read more

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.

'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!.

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and read more

The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.

Hell is paved with good Samaritans.

Hell is paved with good Samaritans.

The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.

The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.

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.

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.