[Why is suicide held not to be right?] There is a doctrine uttered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door to his prison and run away; this is a great mystery which I do not understand. Yet I too, believe that the gods are our guardians, and that we are a possession of theirs. ...And if one of your possessions, an ox or an ass, for example took the liberty of putting himself out of the way when you had given no intimation of your wish that he should die, would you not be angry with him, and would you not punish him if you could? ...Then there may be reason in saying that a man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him, as he is now summoning me. The Trials Of Socrates

“As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.” The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People

It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable. The Trial

The word which God has written on the brow of every man is Hope. Les Misérables