Unable are the loved

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. Emily Dickinson

There is no death,

There is no death, only a change of worlds. Chief Seattle

A man is not

A man is not completely born until he is dead. Benjamin Franklin

It is the will

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; ’tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among … Read more

The most authentic thing

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. Ben Okri

He who has gone,

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Grief knits two hearts

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. Alphonse de Lamartine

What the caterpillar calls

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. Richard Bach

Our death is not

Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life. Albert Einstein