“Death is but a word to us. One's own experience alone can teach us the real meaning of the word. The sight of the dying does little. What one sees of them is merely what precedes death: dull unconsciousness is all we see. Whether this be so,--how and when the spirit wakes to life again,--this is what all wish to know, and what never can be known until it is experienced.” KnowsLittlesDoeRealDeathSpiritWishKnownTeachDyingSightDullUnconsciousness Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“We know what boredom is: it is a dull Impatience or a fierce velleity, A champing wish, stalled by our lassitude, To make or do. In the strict sense, of course, We invent nothing, merely bearing witness To what each morning brings again to light” KnowsLightCoursesWishMorningWitnessBoredomDullFierceStrictImpatienceBearing Witness Book:Collected Poems 1943-2004 Source: Collected Poems 1943-2004