Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

Just when the question of how to live had become clearer to him, a new insoluble problem presented itself - Death.

All the world's a stage and we are merely players.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

Our life is made by the death of others.

The strong individual loves the earth so much he lusts for recurrence. He can smile in the face of the most terrible thought: meaningless, aimless existence recurring eternally. The second characteristic of such a man is that he has the strength to recognize - and to live with the recognition - that the world is valueless in itself and that all values are human ones. He creates himself by fashioning his own values; he has the pride to live by the values he wills.