90 Inspiring Quotes on Life and Death
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
“God conceals from men the happiness of death that they may endure life.”
“Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?”
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and the other begins?”
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
“Dying is a wild night and a new road.”
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
“Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.”
“People fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.”
“Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.”
“Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.”
“If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still.”
“I’m not sentimental about anything. Life flows by, and you flow with it or you don’t. Move on and move out.”
“Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily.”
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.”
“One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.”
“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
“Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.”
“All things that have form eventually decay.”
“You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end . . . “
“Death is but a door, time is but a window. I’ll be back!”
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.”
“After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.”
“Not only is death inevitable; death is necessary for us to inherit the new life we are to enjoy in Christ.”
“The goal of all life is death.”
“And the worst part is before it gets any better we’re heading for a cliff. And in the free fall I will realize I’m better off when I hit the bottom.”
“I have come to know that it [death] is an important thing to keep in mind — not to complain or to make melancholy, but simply because only with the honest knowledge that one day I will die I can ever truly begin to live.”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”
“The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life.”
“Only when you accept that one day you’ll die can you let go, and make the best out of life. And that’s the big secret. That’s the miracle.”
“They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”
“Death is the dropping of the flower that the fruit may swell.”
“The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.”
“Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”
“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character… Would you slow down? Or speed up? “
“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”
“I don’t think you should die until you’re ready. Until you’ve wrung out every last bit of living you can.”
“You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.”
“The anguish of death hangs over and leads the human spirit to wonder about the mysteries of existence, man’s destiny, life, the world.”
“To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
“Life asked death, ‘Why do people love me but hate you?’ Death responded, ‘Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.”
“It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again.”
“I’ve reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can’t do anything to change events anyway.”
“I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.”
“I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there with it happens.”
“End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.”
“Krishna was once asked what was the most miraculous thing in all creation, and he replied, “That a man should wake each morning and believe deep in his heart that he will live forever, even though he knows that he is doomed.”
“Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.”
“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”
“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.”
“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”
“When I was young” … “Before I was twenty, I mean, I used to think that life was a thing that kept gaining impetus, it would get richer and deeper each year. You kept learning more, getting wiser, having more insight, going further into the truth.”
“How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?”
“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”
“If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.”
“Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.”
“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”
“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”
“Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud.”
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
“Life is stressful, dear. That’s why they say “Rest In Peace.”
“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”
“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
“I assure you; while I look like a ghost, I’m no spirit or demon. I’m nothing but a girl struggling to make her way in an intolerant world. I bleed, I love, and someday, I’ll die.”
“You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again.”
“You mustn’t be afraid of death. You’re a deathless soul you can’t be kept in a dark grave you’re filled with God’s glow.”
“I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.”
“Time,” the Captain said, “is not what you think.” He sat down next to Eddie. “Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.”
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
“Student: I don’t feel like living anymore. Teacher: If you don’t feel like doing something then don’t do. This means that in finding many ways how not to live your life, you have the possibility to discover how to live your life.”
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
“If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a ‘wandering to find home,’ why should we not look forward to the arrival?”
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and the other begins?”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.”
“I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t think about it. I don’t even know how I’m going to live.”
“Dying / Is an art, like everything else.”
“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. “
