"Again, he seems to have known it would always end this way. "**Death is the appointed end of all life. To die by the hand of a brother, rather than by disease or in some such other way, cannot be for me a matter of sorrow**,” he had prophesied long before. “I am free from the thought of anger or hatred against my assailant,” he said. “I know that that will redound to my eternal welfare, and even the assailant will later on realize my perfect innocence.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[forgiveness]], [[momento-mori]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]