Death

Herbert Hoover
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” — Herbert Hoover
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
Pablo Picasso
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” — Pablo Picasso
Marcus Aurelius
“Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back.” — Marcus Aurelius
Ming-dao Deng
“Death is not an ending. It is a transformation.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Elon Musk
“I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated.” — Elon Musk
Dan Millman
“Embody what you teach, and teach only what you have embodied.” — Dan Millman
Virginia Woolf
“I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.” — Virginia Woolf
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
C. Sean Mcgee
“Only when one allows themself the right to die, do they then give yourself the permission to live.” — C. Sean McGee
Aristotle
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle
Wayne Gretzky
“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” — Wayne Gretzky
Alan Watts
“To travel is to be alive, but to get somewhere is to be dead.” — Alan Watts
Dan Millman
“Better to live until you die.” — Dan Millman
Alexandre Dumas
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.” — Alexandre Dumas
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
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
Robert Greene
“We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.” — Robert Greene
Dan Millman
“Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't really live at all.” — Dan Millman
Henry David Thoreau
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau
Dogen
“Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.” — Dogen
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
Stephen Hawking
“I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.” — Stephen Hawking
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
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
Hans Christian Andersen
“Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Lao Tzu
“A man with outward courage dares to die: a man with inner courage dares to live.” — Lao Tzu
Marcus Aurelius
“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.” — Marcus Aurelius
Robert F. Kennedy
“The future will be shaped by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” — Robert F. Kennedy
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
Og Mandino
“Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile.” — Og Mandino
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
Edgar Allan Poe
“Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.” — Edgar Allan Poe
Dan Millman
“The birth of the mind is the death of the senses.” — Dan Millman
Chinese Proverb
“There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.” — Chinese Proverb
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
Zhuangzi
“We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening” — Zhuangzi
Vincent Van Gogh
“Someday death will take us to another star.” — Vincent van Gogh
Alexander Pope
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.” — Alexander Pope
Adi Da Samraj
“Fear of death is fear of the Unknown.” — Adi Da Samraj
Deepak Chopra
“The present moment dies every moment to become the past , is reborn every moment into the future. All experience is now. Now never ends.” — Deepak Chopra
Anne Frank
“The dead receive more flowers than the living because regret is stronger than gratitude.” — Anne Frank
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
Robert Greene
“When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.” — Robert Greene
Robert F. Kennedy
“A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man.” — Robert F. Kennedy
Sigmund Freud
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” — Sigmund Freud
Theodore Roosevelt
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” — Theodore Roosevelt
Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Pema Chodron
“To live is to be willing to die over and over again.” — Pema Chodron
Gilbert Chesterton
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” — Gilbert Chesterton

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