French writer (1886-1925).
Born July 15th, 1886 in Bordeaux.
Died February 14th, 1925 at 38 years old in Paris (typhoid fever).
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche