The Importance of the Unconditional Value of the Person

Each moment of which life consists is dying, and that moment will never occur. This transitory ness challenges us to make the best possible use of each moment of our lives. Nothing is irretrievably lost, but rather, on the contrary, everything is irrevocably stored and treasured. From this one may see that there is no reason to pity old people. Instead, young people should envy them. Confounding the dignity of man with mere usefulness arises from a conceptual confusion," he says.