Death: 'Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death is seen as a release for life to be consumed. It fulfills a natural longing.
- In plain terms
- Death is when life gives itself to the end it seeks.
- What can you take from it?
- See death as part of life's natural cycle.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you view the end?
- Is death a hope or fear?
Another view
This view may not comfort those fearing death.
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