Death Quotes - Page 90

I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now - and I pray that that time may be soon.

Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Birth, and copulation, and death; that's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.

The day, man will find that he never really dies; that his Soul persists beyond death; he will have no more fear of death.

These births and deaths are changes in nature which we are mistaking for changes in us.

When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.

If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on.

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

I took a closer look. There is no such thing as ignorance. Ignorance is nothing But my limited knowledge. I took a closer look. There is no such thing as defeat. Defeat is nothing But the inspirer Of my increasing will. I took a closer look. There is no such thing as death. Death is nothing But my strengthening And Dreaming rest.

Even if they don't know that you are practicing for them, you are helping them and in turn they are helping you. They are actively helping you to develop your compassion, and so to purify and heal yourself. For me, all dying people are teachers, giving to all those who help them a chance to transform themselves through developing their compassion.

What is born will die, What has been gathered will be dispersed, What has been accumulated will be exhausted, What has been built up will collapse, And what has been high will be brought low.

How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!

Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six

Education is literally the difference between success and failure, or even life and death for many children.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

After death there is nothing.

The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way.

On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.

The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message with unrelenting and powerful emotion.

Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for serious, heinous crimes and criminals.

Death deserves dignity.

If statistics are any indication, the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed.

If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still