Quotes on Death

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe

Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day.

Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death

Death is a continuation of my life without me.

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead.

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.

If no one knows when a person is going to die, how can we say he died prematurely?

On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.

The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts. And we've done fine tonight. Even Death can't spoil it.

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

God is dead, God remains dead, and we have killed him.

Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.

O weep for Adonis - He is dead." "Peace. He is not dead he doth not sleep - he hath wakened from the dream of life

'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

They never fail who die in a great cause.