Such an intensely private thing, we should not avoid the inevitability of our deaths. I want you all to treasure death and suffering more than life and to appreciate their cleansing and purifying character. Death which is an Eternal verity is revolution, as birth and after is slow and steady evolution.
Death is as necessary for man's growth as life itself.
The best way not to die too soon is to cultivate the duties of life and the scorn of death. He begins to die, that quits his desires. He that fears death lives not. If you would endure life, be prepared for death. Sigmund Freud Thoughts for the Times on War and Death Many die too late, and some die too early.