Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The only length of life that seems to satisfy the longings of the human heart is life everlasting.
Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.
Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in an instant for ourselves or someone we love.
It is natural to die as to be born.
Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.
If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick.