One Ought To Hold On To Ones Heart For If One Lets

“Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.”

“One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as I thought then, that it is better to die violently and not too old.”

“For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.”

“Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead.”

“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”