Death

Heraclitus
“Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.” — Heraclitus
Steve Jobs
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” — Steve Jobs
Adi Da Samraj
“Fear of death is fear of surrender to Infinity. Learn to surrender, to exist at Infinity while alive, and fear of death dissolves.” — Adi Da Samraj
Herbert Hoover
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” — Herbert Hoover
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vincent Van Gogh
“Someday death will take us to another star.” — Vincent van Gogh
Euripides
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” — Euripides
Mark Twain
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” — Mark Twain
Pablo Picasso
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” — Pablo Picasso
Herodotus
“The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead rather than alive.” — Herodotus
Dan Millman
“Better to live until you die.” — Dan Millman
Robert Kiyosaki
“Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.” — Robert Kiyosaki
Franz Kafka
“One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ” — Franz Kafka
Criss Jami
“To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.” — Criss Jami
Dan Millman
“Embody what you teach, and teach only what you have embodied.” — Dan Millman
C. Sean Mcgee
“Only when one allows themself the right to die, do they then give yourself the permission to live.” — C. Sean McGee
Gilbert Chesterton
“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” — Gilbert Chesterton
Hans Christian Andersen
“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Henry David Thoreau
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau
Sigmund Freud
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” — Sigmund Freud
Ray Bradbury
“Stuff your eyes with wonder... live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” — Ray Bradbury
Hans Christian Andersen
“Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Elon Musk
“I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated.” — Elon Musk
Bob Marley
“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” — Bob Marley
Aristotle
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle
Chinese Proverb
“There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.” — Chinese Proverb
Alexandre Dumas
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.” — Alexandre Dumas
Marcus Aurelius
“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.” — Marcus Aurelius
Og Mandino
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Your life will never be the same again.” — Og Mandino
Morihei Ueshiba
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” — Morihei Ueshiba
Benjamin Mays
“Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.” — Benjamin Mays
Bhagavad Gita
“The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.” — Bhagavad Gita
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lao Tzu
“A man with outward courage dares to die: a man with inner courage dares to live.” — Lao Tzu
Alexander Pope
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.” — Alexander Pope
Bhagavad Gita
“Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.” — Bhagavad Gita
Dogen
“Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.” — Dogen
Albus Dumbledore
“It's the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” — Albus Dumbledore
Anne Frank
“The dead receive more flowers than the living because regret is stronger than gratitude.” — Anne Frank
Samuel Butler
“To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know he is dead.” — Samuel Butler
Robert Greene
“When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.” — Robert Greene
Dan Millman
“Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't really live at all.” — Dan Millman
Gilbert Chesterton
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” — Gilbert Chesterton
Albert Einstein
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ” — Albert Einstein
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Seneca
“You want to live but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying and tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?” — Seneca
Adi Da Samraj
“Fear of death is fear of the Unknown.” — Adi Da Samraj
Kabir
“As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero.” — Kabir
Ming-dao Deng
“Death is not an ending. It is a transformation.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Rita Mae Brown
“If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.” — Rita Mae Brown

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