They alone live whose lives are in the whole universe, and the more we concentrate our lives on limited things, the faster we go towards death. Those moments alone we live when our lives are in the universe, in others; and living this little life is death, simply death, and that is why the fear of death comes.
Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God (ed. New World Library, 2006) - ISBN: 9781930722675