God's retirement plan is out of this world

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death -- of life to which in their youth they lent the passion and glory of Spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil, our trumpets, sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven.

Death always comes too early or too late.

Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.

When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.