Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.