“Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.”
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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
