Death

Ming-dao Deng
“Death is not an ending. It is a transformation.” — Ming-Dao Deng
Publilius Syrus
“The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself.” — Publilius Syrus
Elon Musk
“I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated.” — Elon Musk
Robert F. Kennedy
“The future will be shaped by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” — Robert F. Kennedy
Marcus Aurelius
“Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back.” — Marcus Aurelius
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
Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Stephen Hawking
“I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.” — Stephen Hawking
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
C. Sean Mcgee
“Only when one allows themself the right to die, do they then give yourself the permission to live.” — C. Sean McGee
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
Franz Kafka
“One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ” — Franz Kafka
Coco Chanel
“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.” — Coco Chanel
Henry David Thoreau
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau
Morihei Ueshiba
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” — Morihei Ueshiba
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.
Alexander Pope
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.” — Alexander Pope
Dogen
“Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.” — Dogen
Heraclitus
“Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.” — Heraclitus
Edgar Allan Poe
“Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.” — Edgar Allan Poe
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
Wayne Gretzky
“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” — Wayne Gretzky
Alexandre Dumas
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.” — Alexandre Dumas
Bob Marley
“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” — Bob Marley
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
D. H. Lawrence
“But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.” — D. H. Lawrence
Aristotle
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle
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
Vincent Van Gogh
“Someday death will take us to another star.” — Vincent van Gogh
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
Dan Millman
“Better to live until you die.” — Dan Millman
Hans Christian Andersen
“Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Robert F. Kennedy
“A hopeless man is a very desperate and dangerous man, almost a dead man.” — Robert F. Kennedy
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
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti
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
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
Aristotle
“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” — Aristotle
Zhuangzi
“Do not use life to give life to death. Do not use death to bring death to life.” — Zhuangzi
Robert Kiyosaki
“Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.” — Robert Kiyosaki
Lao Tzu
“A man with outward courage dares to die: a man with inner courage dares to live.” — Lao Tzu
Gilbert Chesterton
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” — Gilbert Chesterton
Euripides
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” — Euripides
Hans Christian Andersen
“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Napoleon Hill
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” — Napoleon Hill
Pablo Picasso
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” — Pablo Picasso
Dan Millman
“Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't really live at all.” — Dan Millman
Anne Frank
“The dead receive more flowers than the living because regret is stronger than gratitude.” — Anne Frank
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

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