“The central point of this final chapter is that - follow my logic carefully here - unless you die, you will continue to get older. (It's insights like this that separate the professional book author from the person with a real job.)” PersonsBookRealFunnyJobsDiesLogicFinalsInsightChaptersReal Jobs Book:Dave Barry Turns Forty Source: Dave Barry Turns Forty
“Death is the best healing of all, so try not to worry about it. When we die, that's the final, permanent healing. Our old body finally dies and we are rid of it and free. Then we don't have any more diseases or troubles. We won't hurt anymore because we will be in our spiritual body, our new model!” TryingBodySpiritualDiesHurtHealingWorryTroubleDiseaseModelsFinalsPermanentHeavenly Author:David Berg
“If a man dies of cancer in fear and despair, then cry for his pain and celebrate his life. The other man, who fought like hell and laughed in the end, but also died, may have had an easier time in his final months, but took his leave with no more humanity.” IfsMenMayEndsPainHumanityDiesHellCryMonthsEasierDespairDiedFinalsCancerCelebrateLaughedEasier Times Book:Full House Source: Full House
“What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want to die. That, too, was mine; and it also is to the good. For that experience resolved proportions and relationships for me as nothing else could have done; and it is surprising, approaching the final enlightenment, how little one really has to know or feel sure about.” KnowsMenWantFeelsLittlesStillsDoneDiesDyingMinesEnlightenmentFinalsProportionSurprisingDiscoveringWanting To Die Book:Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
“Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive.” DiesTurnsSpeakFriendshipEnemyAliveBecomingBlessedKillingFinalsTyrannyNovelistsReasonableQuartersLiability Book:It Can't Happen Here Source: It Can't Happen Here
“Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. They know that basic human problems can have no final solutions, that our freedom, justice, equality, etc. are far from absolute, and that the good life is compounded of half measures, compromises, lesser evils, and gropings toward the perfect. The rejection of approximations and the insistence on absolutes are the manifestation of a nihilism that loathes freedom, tolerance, and equity.” KnowsMenHumansProblemLife IsDiesFightingEvilJusticePerfectHalfWillingSolutionsAbsolutesFinalsAffairToleranceCompromiseManifestationRejectionEtcGood LifeImperfectionInherentEquityNihilismNot PerfectFree ManLoatheInsistenceApproximationHuman ProblemsLesser EvilJustice EqualityHalf Measures Author:Eric Hoffer
“When I was young, the early death of my father cast a shadow over me - and I was afraid to die before all my literary plans came true. But between 30 and 40 years of age my attitude to death became quite calm and balanced. I feel it is a natural, but no means the final, milestone of one's existence.” FeelsYearsMeanAgeYoungDiesFatherNaturalExistenceAttitudePlansShadowFinalsCalmCastsBalancedMy AttitudeMilestoneEarly Death Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn