Death

D. H. Lawrence
“But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.” — D. H. Lawrence
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
Bob Marley
“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” — Bob Marley
Henry David Thoreau
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau
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
Hans Christian Andersen
“Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.” — Hans Christian Andersen
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
Confucius
“Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. ” — Confucius
Napoleon Hill
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” — Napoleon Hill
Gilbert Chesterton
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” — Gilbert Chesterton
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
Dan Millman
“Better to live until you die.” — Dan Millman
Alexandre Dumas
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.” — Alexandre Dumas
Robert F. Kennedy
“The future will be shaped by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” — Robert F. Kennedy
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
Morihei Ueshiba
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” — Morihei Ueshiba
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
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
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
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
Alexander Pope
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.” — Alexander Pope
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
Aristotle
“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.” — Aristotle
Stephen Hawking
“I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.” — Stephen Hawking
Vincent Van Gogh
“Someday death will take us to another star.” — Vincent van Gogh
Adi Da Samraj
“Fear of death is fear of the Unknown.” — Adi Da Samraj
Dan Millman
“Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't really live at all.” — Dan Millman
Ming-dao Deng
“Death is not an ending. It is a transformation.” — Ming-Dao Deng
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Alan Watts
“To travel is to be alive, but to get somewhere is to be dead.” — Alan Watts
Euripides
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” — Euripides
Pema Chodron
“To live is to be willing to die over and over again.” — Pema Chodron
Elon Musk
“I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated.” — Elon Musk
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
Hans Christian Andersen
“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Dan Millman
“Embody what you teach, and teach only what you have embodied.” — Dan Millman
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
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
Lao Tzu
“A man with outward courage dares to die: a man with inner courage dares to live.” — Lao Tzu
Robert Kiyosaki
“Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.” — Robert Kiyosaki
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
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
Dogen
“Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.” — Dogen
Bhagavad Gita
“The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.” — Bhagavad Gita
Publilius Syrus
“The fear of death is more to be feared, than death itself.” — Publilius Syrus
Og Mandino
“Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile.” — Og Mandino

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