Quotes about death
death spiritual religious
Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. Richard Dawkins
death way might
We might remember ... not to fear death; it is the only way to be cleansed. Robinson Jeffers
death long dying
Death - to blink for an exceptionally long period of time. Robin Williams
death perfect
Death is only perfect rest. Robert Green Ingersoll
death sunshine men
He [The Improved Man] will enjoy not only the sunshine of life, but will bear with fortitude the darkest days. He will have no fear of death. About the grave, there will be no terrors, and his life will end as serenely as the sun rises.
death destiny men
Upon the great questions of origin, of destiny, of immortality, of . . . other worlds, every honest man must say, 'I do not know.' Upon these questions, this is the creed of intelligence.
death real believe
The minister asks, 'What right have you to hope? It is sacrilegious to you.' But, whether the clergy like it or not, I shall always express my real opinion, and shall always be glad to say to those who mourn: 'There is in death, as I believe, nothing worse than sleep. Hope for as much better as you can.'
death acceptance clouds
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.
death fate honor
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
death teacher atheist
As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers.
death alive ginger
'E's all'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An''e's generally shammin' when'e's dead. Rudyard Kipling
death dog brother
There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and woman to fill our day; But when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
death things-in-life tragedy
The way you get through tragedy is to look at the good things in life. Rudy Giuliani
death pleasure nations
His death eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure. Samuel Johnson
death time men
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
death garden dying
Everything you cherish Throws you over in the end Thorns will grab your ankles From the gardens that you tend. Robert Hunter
death names lasts
My name is Death: the last best friend am I. Robert Southey
death blessed quiet
Among the poor, the approach of dissolution is usually regarded with a quiet and natural composure, which it is consolatory to contemplate, and which is as far removed from the dead palsy of unbelief as it is from the delirious raptures of fanaticism. Theirs is a true, unhesitating faith, and they are willing to lay down the burden of e weary life, in the sure and certain hope of a blessed immortality.
death night dying
We must endure our thoughts all night, until the bright obvious stands motionless in the cold. Wallace Stevens
death mother dream
She says, "But in contentment I still feel The need for imperishable bliss." Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams And our desires. Is there no change of death in paradise? Does ripe fruit never fall? or do the boughs Hang always heavy in that perfect sky, Unchanging, yet so like our perishing earth, With rivers like our own that seek for seas They never find, the same receding shores That never touch with inarticulate pang?
death simple dying
Things are simple when you're going to die. Vivien Leigh
death so-sad dies
Is it then so sad a thing to die? Virgil
death passion dust
These passions of soul, these conflicts so fierce, will cease, and be repressed by the casting of a little dust.
death enough died
To have died once is enough.
death people dying
Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead. William Holden
death fall autumn
What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf. Vincent Van Gogh
death past relief
Eternity is now. Right now, right here, you're an infinite being. Once you get past the fear of death as an end, you merge with the infinite and feel the comfort and relief that this realization brings. Wayne Dyer
death moving rooms
Choose to see death as simply removing a garment or moving from one room to another... it's merely a transition.
death dimensions
Death is nothing to fear. It is only another dimension.
death dark winning
And some win peace who spend The skill of words to sweeten despair Of finding consolation where Life has but one dark end. Walter de La Mare
death feelings important
A bearer of news of death appears to himself as very important. His feeling - even against all reason - makes him a messenger from the realm of the dead. Walter Benjamin
death stories storytelling
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
death men giving
Biography is to give a man some kind of shape after his death. Virginia Woolf