There is lucidity inspired by the nearness of the grave:to be close to death is to see clearly

“لا قوة كقوة الضمير ولا مجد كمجد الذكاء”

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”

“If there is anything terrible, if there exists a reality which surpasses dreams…”

“The episcopal palace of D—— adjoins the hospital.”