
“Tell me, my soul, can this be death?”
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
UN speech, June 2013
Context: Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is the compassion I have learned from Mohamed, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This the legacy of change I have inherited from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. And this is the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother. This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.
“Tell me, my soul, can this be death?”
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
“If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.”
“About me, nothing worse they will tell you, my love, than what I told you”
“Chyna Black is like an open road,
Tells me stories, releases my soul.”
Chyna Black.
Song lyrics, Comin' from Where I'm From (2003)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 524.
Part II, section iv, stanza 3
Maud; A Monodrama (1855)