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Scipione Riva-Rocci

Italian physician.

Born August 7th, 1863 in Almese.

Died March 15th, 1937 at 73 years old in Turin.

Occupations
inventor, physician, university teacher

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