Tao Te Ching

“The basis of all religions is the cold fact of human mortality... Death is an ugly fact, but it is fascinating. It has fascinated men's minds from the Inca Indians to the most modern poets. It is probably the only thing that makes men thoughtful. We dislike it, we abhor it, and yet we are fascinated by the terror of extinction.”

— Lín Yǔtáng 林語堂 1895 – 1976 CE
from On the Wisdom of America, 1950