The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his read more

The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.

Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.

Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

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.

Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.

Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains read more

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

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.

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.

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, read more

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.