To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.
The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.
You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.
I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons.
When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of himself when dying. Never.