Death

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
C. Sean Mcgee
“Only when one allows themself the right to die, do they then give yourself the permission to live.” — C. Sean McGee
Ming-dao Deng
“Death is not an ending. It is a transformation.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Chinese Proverb
“There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.” — Chinese Proverb
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
Franz Kafka
“One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ” — Franz Kafka
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
Gilbert Chesterton
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.” — Gilbert Chesterton
Bob Marley
“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” — Bob Marley
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
Zhuangzi
“We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening” — Zhuangzi
Sigmund Freud
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” — Sigmund Freud
Dan Millman
“Better to live until you die.” — Dan Millman
Bhagavad Gita
“The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.” — Bhagavad Gita
Zhuangzi
“Do not use life to give life to death. Do not use death to bring death to life.” — Zhuangzi
Pablo Picasso
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” — Pablo Picasso
Edgar Allan Poe
“Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.” — Edgar Allan Poe
Alexander Pope
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.” — Alexander Pope
Dan Millman
“The birth of the mind is the death of the senses.” — Dan Millman
Robert F. Kennedy
“The future will be shaped by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” — Robert F. Kennedy
Morihei Ueshiba
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” — Morihei Ueshiba
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
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
Adi Da Samraj
“Fear of death is fear of the Unknown.” — Adi Da Samraj
Alexandre Dumas
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.” — Alexandre Dumas
Virginia Woolf
“I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.” — Virginia Woolf
Og Mandino
“Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile.” — Og Mandino
Dan Millman
“Embody what you teach, and teach only what you have embodied.” — Dan Millman
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
Dogen
“Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.” — Dogen
Robert Greene
“When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.” — Robert Greene
Stephen Hawking
“I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.” — Stephen Hawking
Kabir
“Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.” — Kabir
Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Aristotle
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle
Marcus Aurelius
“Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back.” — Marcus Aurelius
Gilbert Chesterton
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” — Gilbert Chesterton
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
Marcus Aurelius
“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.” — Marcus Aurelius
Aristotle
“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” — Aristotle
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
Heraclitus
“Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.” — Heraclitus
Socrates
“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.” — Socrates
Theodore Roosevelt
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” — Theodore Roosevelt
Gilbert Chesterton
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” — Gilbert Chesterton
D. H. Lawrence
“But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.” — D. H. Lawrence
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
Lao Tzu
“A man with outward courage dares to die: a man with inner courage dares to live.” — Lao Tzu
Vincent Van Gogh
“Someday death will take us to another star.” — Vincent van Gogh

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