“The tragedy is not to die, but to be wasted.”

“Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy.”

“A man by his sin may waste himself, which is to waste that which on earth is most like God. This is man's greatest tragedy and God's heaviest grief.”

“Dying is not the real tragedy, Shelley.""It's not?""Forgetting is.”

“There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.” In other words, it is better to lose your life than to waste it. If you live gladly to make others glad inGod, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.”

“To die old with a young mind is such a tragedy. Naiveness was never a blessing.”