and i am too, i did not even notice thhat you said it was in the Bible. you'd be surprised what i have heard quoted as being in the Bible. -----Original Message----- From: Salkin Kathleen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 7:02 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Fw: Bad Anniversary This Weekend Bob Hester kindly informed that the "no man is an island..." phrase I misquoted is from John Donne, not the Bible. Thanks, Bob! I should have known, as I read Donne as a part of my English Lit studies in college. Argggghhh, I'm getting old. Kat ----- Original Message ----- From: "bhester" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: Re: Bad Anniversary This Weekend > At 04:27 PM 7/15/2002, you wrote: > >Just about every religion I've studied or read up on regards suicide as > >taboo. Judaism and Buddhism both regard life as sacred and suicide as > >tantamount to murder, even if it's one's own choice. Suicide not only > >affects the suicide but the lives of all who know the suicide and strangers > >as well. > > > >As it says in the New Testament (sorry, I can't remember the exact verse or > >book): No man is an island; every man's death diminishes me. I think this > >is universal, not confined to Christianity. > > No, it was John Donne: No man is an island entire of itself; every man is > a piece of the Continent, a part of the main.... Any man's death diminishes > me because I am involved in Mankind; and therefore never send to know for > whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. > http://www.bartleby.com/66/15/16915.html > BOB