“Tell me, my soul, can this be death?”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
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?”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
“If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
“About me, nothing worse they will tell you, my love, than what I told you”
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet
“Chyna Black is like an open road,
Tells me stories, releases my soul.”
Anthony Hamilton (1971) American singer, songwriter, and record producer
Chyna Black.
Song lyrics, Comin' from Where I'm From (2003)
John Angell James (1785–1859) British abolitionist
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 524.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
Part II, section iv, stanza 3
Maud; A Monodrama (1855)