How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and convictions undeclared and service unfulfilled?

I think on death as the apparent end of the illusions that encompass us. They all have a sudden and unexpected end, that challenges any faith we have pinned to their worth.

To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.

They tried to get me - I got them first! [Suicide.]

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

The only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts.

They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)