“Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.”

“Why is it they say you always hurt the ones you love? Because you know exactly how to do it.”

“We’re all carrying our coffins with us every day.” Or “We are all constantly cheating death.”

“In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers.”

“If on thoughts of death we are fed, Thus, a coffin, became my bed.”

“Turn the flame of jealousy into the fire of self-improvement.”

“Dark night, bright future Like the phoenix from the ashes, I shall rise again”

“Our lives have no outcome other than death, just as rivers have no end other than the ocean. At the moment of death, our only recourse is spiritual practice, and our only friends the virtuous actions we have accomplished during our lifetime.”