“Our life is made by the death of others.”

“John Lennon said life was what happened while you made other plans. So was death.”

“Many decisions are made in our lifetime, Most relatively insignificant while others life altering”

“We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.”

“Life rises out of death, death rises out of life; in being opposite they yearn to each other, they give birth to each other and are forever reborn. And with them, all is reborn, the flower of the apple tree, the light of the stars. In life is death. In death is rebirth. What then is life without death? Life unchanging, everlasting, eternal?-What is it but death-death without rebirth?”

“We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength.”