Quotes about death
death sunset may
What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay. Lord Byron
death self long
I often wish for the end of the wretched remnant of my life; and that wish is a rational one; but then the innate principle of self-preservation, wisely implanted in our natures, for obvious purposes, opposes that wish, and makes us endeavour to spin out our thread as long as we can, however decayed and rotten it may be. Lord Chesterfield
death thinking desire
All I desire for my own burial, is not to be buried alive; but how or where, I think, must be entirely indifferent to every rational creature.
death wise faces
The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin. Mahatma Gandhi
death views long
We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth.
death midst darkness-to-light
... in the midst of death life persists ...
death men live-free
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die.
death acceptance successful
An absolute condition of all successful living, whether for an individual or a nation, is the acceptance of death. Freya Stark
death kindness losing-a-loved-one
No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning. Haruki Murakami
death color house
The sun had, in the meanwhile, sunk behind the Ettersberg. We felt in the wood the chill of the evening, and drove all the quicker to Wiemar, and to Goethe's house. Goethe urged me to go in with him for a while, and I did so. He was in an extremely engaging mood. He talked a great deal about his theory of colors, and of his obstinate opponents; remarking that he was sure that he had done something in this science. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
death dark law
As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.
death religion looks
I just look at death as not a threat. It's inevitable, and I have an assurance of eternal life. Jimmy Carter
death secret dying
There are no secrets.It's just we thought that they said dead. When they said bread. John Cage
death man neither
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
death human shut systems
For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is a system of systems. If just one system, such as the cardiovascular system, shuts down, death follows. Robert Kiyosaki
death fear good greatest knows people whether
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. Plato
death somebody starved sweden
If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked. P. J. O'Rourke
death dream fear
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? James Thurber
death wise dog
I never had a dog that showed a human fear of death. Death, to a dog, is the final unavoidable compulsion, the least ineluctable scent on a fearsome trail, but they like to face it alone, going out into the woods, among the leaves, if there are any leaves when their time comes, enduring without sentimental human distraction the Last Loneliness, which they are wise enough to know cannot be shared by anyone.
death funny-things perspective
The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. James Patterson
death moving home
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home. James Montgomery
death stars eye
The Dead are like the stars by day; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky.
death men light
A Toad, can die of Light - Death is the Common Right Of Toads and Men Emily Dickinson
death bustle consequence
That short, potential stir That each can make but once, That bustle so illustrious Tis almost consequence, Is the eclat of death.
death distance years
The distance that the dead have gone Does not at first appear- Their coming back seems possible For many an ardent year.
death fate doors
We never know we go when we are going- We jest and shut the Door- Fate-following-behind us bolts it- And we accost no more-.
death letting-go trying
You'll find it-when you try to die- The Easier to let go- For recollecting such as went- You could not spare-you know.
death near-death
Afraid? Of whom am I afraid? Not death. For who is he?
death spiritual night
Dying is a wild night and a new road.
death gnawing life mouse night passes rope
The day dawns, and then it ends, and the night passes away. Man's life is diminishing, but he does not understand. Each day, the mouse of death is gnawing away at the rope of life.
death former lies responsibility tribunal
All responsibility for his death lies on the International Tribunal for former Yugoslavia.
death release ifs
Death is release, if you've lived all right. Edward Albee
death neighbor
Death is my neighbor now. Edith Evans