"**Yet as he prepared to die**, he heard a voice, a voice that said in effect, How dare you? Who do you think you are— to abandon the responsibilities of life? To your children? To the world? “**You do not have the right to eliminate yourself**,” the voice said, “**you do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will forever remain obscure to you, but you may assume that you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all your experience to the highest advantage of others**. You and all men are here for the sake of other men.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[life-of-service]], [[suicide]], [[responsibility]], [[free-will]], **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]