We usually say of ancient persons, that they have already one foot in the grave, and the rest of their life is nothing else but the bringing of these feet together.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To say what you feel is to dig your own grave.
It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.
Life is a glass of wine and having your feet washed - it's a biblical event, might I add. This is part of mankind's story. You are always looking for a moment to take a break.
The word of the oldest of the old of our peoples didn't stop. It spoke the truth, saying that our feet couldn't walk alone, that our history of pain and shame was repeated and multiplied in the flesh and blood of the brothers and sisters of other lands and skies.
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.
They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.