Quotes about death
death hate waiting
I have no fear of death, except I hate waiting for it. Doug Stanhope
death jesus prayer
A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have. Dwight L. Moody
death jesus kings
Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings!
death senior retirement
Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
death prayer children
It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?
death laughter grief
A little while with grief and laughter, And then the day will close; The shadows gather ... what comes after No man knows. Don Marquis
death children maturity
If a child shows himself incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.
death karma buddhist
From a Buddhist point of view, the actual experience of death is very important. Although how or where we will be reborn is generally dependent on karmic forces, our state of mind at the time of death can influence the quality of our next rebirth. So at the moment of death, in spite of the great variety of karmas we have accumulated, if we make a special effort to generate a virtuous state of mind, we may strengthen and activate a virtuous karma, and so bring about a happy rebirth. Dalai Lama
death wise running
Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a great runner, you cannot run away from death. you cannot stop death with your wealth, through your magic performances or recitation of mantras or even medicines. Therefore, it is wise to prepare for your death.
death eight light
The process of dying begins with the dissolution of the elements within the body. It has eight stages, beginning with the dissolution of the earth element, then the water, fire and windelements. The color: appearance of a white vision, increase of the red element, black near-attainment, and finally the clear light of death.
death ideas two
To my mind, there are two things that, in life, you can do about death. Either you can choose to ignore it, in which case you may have some success in making the idea of it go away for a limited period of time, or you can confront the prospect of your own death and try to analyze it and, in so doing, try to minimize some of the inevitable suffering that it causes. Neither way can you actually overcome it.
death views clothes
I hold the view that death is rather like changing one's clothes when they are torn and old. It is not an end in itself. Yet death is unpredictable-you do not know when and howT it will take place.
death clothes mind
If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise-you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind.
death sky touching
There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape from these four mountains of birth, old age, sickness and death.
death attachment wish-to-die
We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated by emotions like anger, attachment, or fear. So if we wish to die well, we must learn how to live well: Hoping for a peaceful death, we must cultivate peace in our mind, and in our way of life.
death buddhist reality
As a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process, a reality that I accept will occur as long as I remain in this earthly existence. Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about it. I tend to think of death as being like changing your clothes when they are old and worn out, rather than as some final end. Yet death is unpredictable: We do not know when or how it will take place. So it is only sensible to take certain precautions before it actually happens.
death dying research
We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha`s own words must be rejected.
death song age
I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens. Dolly Parton
death humor rumor
Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andy Rooney
death believe people
I don't believe people die. They just go uptown. To Bloomingdales. They just take longer to get back. Andy Warhol
death dying care
Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.
death real believe
Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death, the real and the imagined, past and future, the communicable and the incommunicable, high and low, cease to be perceived as contradictions. Andre Breton
death lasts
And last of all comes death. Anacreon
death sister-in-law dying
Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life. Anais Nin
death husband kids
There is something wonderful about a death, how everything shuts down, and all the ways you thought you were vital are not even vaguely important. Your husband can feed the kids, he can work the new oven, he can find the sausages in the fridge, after all. And his important meeting was not important, not in the slightest. Anne Enright
death dying world
I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway. Anne Frank
death prayer heaven
My prayer to the Lord every day, is this-I have been a great sinner. I do not deserve Heaven. Let me stay here. Andres Segovia
death dying descent
The descent into Hades is much the same from whatever place we start. Anaxagoras
death suicide descent
The descent to Hades is the same from every place.
death nice angel
Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to feel alone in a world full of victims or enemies. It's no wonder Waltraud Wagner, the Austrian Angel of Death, convinced her friends to kill with her. It just seems natural. You and me against the world... Chuck Palahniuk
death lying animal
Marla tells me how in the wild you don't see old animals because as soon as they age, animals die. If they get sick or slow down, something stronger kills them. Animals aren't meant to get old. Marla lies down on her bed and undoes the tie on her bathrobe, and says our culture has made death something wrong. Old animals should be an unnatural exception. Freaks.
death people dying
If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.
death firsts steps
The first step to eternal life, is you have to die.