“War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living.”
“Not success. Not growth. Not happiness. The cradle of your love of life … is death.”
“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.”
“Merciful death. How you love your precious guilt”
“Death is more merciful than hope itself! There is nothing surprising in this, for death is divinely appointed, while hope is the creation of human folly. Both end in frustration. Am I destined to lead a life of endless frustration?-(The Beginning and the End)”