Bertrand Russell: I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do , and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.(当我还在工作的时候,我倒想去死,因为我知道其他人会继续做我不能再做的事,想到凡可能做的事情已经做完的时候,我也心满意足了。)
上述的一席话,说出了人对生死的看法,很有启发性,一个多病的残身,也常常把此问题想起,故写下《八声甘州》一词,已表心声。