"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come." ― Rabindranath Tagore Topic(s): Death More From Rabindranath Tagore "Age considers; youth ventures." "What is Art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the Real." "He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good." More In Death "I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first."― Stephen Hawking "Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death."― Frederick Buechner "It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal."― Marcus Tullius Cicero