„And having in thy life-depth thrownBeing and suffering (which are one),As a child drops his pebble smallDown some deep well, and hears it fallSmiling — so I. THY DAYS GO ON.“

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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„Put up at the moment of greatest suffering a prayer, not for thy own escape, but for the enfranchisement of some being dear to thee, and the sovereign spirit will accept thy ransom.“
— Margaret Fuller
„Turn thy thoughts now to the consideration of thy life, thy life as a child, as a youth, thy manhood, thy old age, for in these also every change was a death. Is this anything to fear?“
— Marcus Aurelius
„Oh child that didst despise thy life so muchWhen it seemed only thine to keep or lose,How the fine ear felt fall the first low word"Value life, and preserve life for My sake!"“
— Robert Browning