Our only purpose in life is growth.

Dying is something we human beings do continuously, not just at the end of our physical lives on this earth.

The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.

When life puts you through a tumbler, it's your choice whether you come out polished or crushed.

People after death become complete again. The blind can see, the deaf can hear, cripples are no longer crippled after all their vital signs have ceased to exist.

As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do.