Man makes a death which Nature never made.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Humans create their own mortality through choices and actions, unlike natural causes.
- In plain terms
- People cause their own deaths more often than nature does.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize your role in creating harmful situations.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What choices do I make that endanger me?
- How much of my fate is my own?
Another view
Not all deaths are self inflicted.
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Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself That hideous sight,-a naked human heart.
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