Words of wisdom from a former U.N. President who died on a service mission:

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illuminated by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder the source of which is beyond all reason. --Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961)
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"Wave on wave of life/ Like the great wide ocean's roll
Haunting hands of memory/ Pluck silver strands of soul
The damage & the dying done/ The clarity of light
Gentle bows & glasses raised/ To the charity of night."
--Bruce Cockburn, "The Charity Of Night"
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