Death

D. H. Lawrence
“But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.” — D. H. Lawrence
Robert Greene
“When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.” — Robert Greene
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
Dan Millman
“Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't really live at all.” — Dan Millman
Stephen Hawking
“I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.” — Stephen Hawking
Albus Dumbledore
“It's the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” — Albus Dumbledore
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
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
Dan Millman
“Better to live until you die.” — Dan Millman
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
“Do not use life to give life to death. Do not use death to bring death to life.” — Zhuangzi
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
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” — Gilbert Chesterton
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
Franz Kafka
“One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ” — Franz Kafka
Euripides
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” — Euripides
Bhagavad Gita
“The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.” — Bhagavad Gita
Heraclitus
“Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.” — Heraclitus
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
Gilbert Chesterton
“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” — Gilbert Chesterton
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
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.
Marcus Aurelius
“Death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile back.” — Marcus Aurelius
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Bob Marley
“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.” — Bob Marley
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
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
Alexander Pope
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.” — Alexander Pope
Robert Kiyosaki
“Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.” — Robert Kiyosaki
Henry David Thoreau
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau
Zhuangzi
“We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening” — Zhuangzi
Morihei Ueshiba
“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” — Morihei Ueshiba
Robert F. Kennedy
“The future will be shaped by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” — Robert F. Kennedy
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
“The birth of the mind is the death of the senses.” — Dan Millman
Robert Greene
“We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.” — Robert Greene
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
Edgar Allan Poe
“Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.” — Edgar Allan Poe
Napoleon Hill
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” — Napoleon Hill
Pema Chodron
“To live is to be willing to die over and over again.” — Pema Chodron
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
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
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
Alexandre Dumas
“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.” — Alexandre Dumas
Pablo Picasso
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” — Pablo Picasso
Marcus Aurelius
“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.” — Marcus Aurelius
Lao Tzu
“A man with outward courage dares to die: a man with inner courage dares to live.” — Lao Tzu
Adi Da Samraj
“Fear of death is fear of the Unknown.” — Adi Da Samraj
Coco Chanel
“Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.” — Coco Chanel

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