Death Quotes

"Death reminds us that time is finite, making the pursuit of understanding all the more pressing and precious."

"Death is nothing to us, for when we exist, death is not present."

"Death is the most terrible of all evils, for it is the end of all life."

"You will die - others have died before you, and more will die after you."

"We are dying every day; it is not something that happens suddenly when we leave this earth."

"The worst of fates is to be forgotten."

"Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?"

"Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered."

"All is ephemeral—fame and the famous as well."

"When you understand that death brings the end of all sensation, you understand that death is nothing to us."

"Everybody hurries toward death."

"Rehearse your death, and you will live better."

"Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas."

"To learn to live is to learn to die."

"A man dies daily and yet lives on."

"It is not death that is dreadful, but the shame of living unworthily."

"You will die; so too will everyone you love."

"Men at their birth are supple and flexible, but in death they are hard and insensitive."

"Death is nothing fearful; a fearful death comes only from a fearful mind."

"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors are in the hands of Heaven."

"Death is not the opposite of life; it is the perfection of it."

"Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back."

"When death comes to us, it is of no concern to us; if it is, it has not yet come."

"The natural fear of death can be overcome by understanding death's nature."

"The body dies but the spirit remains eternal."

"Death is but a transition in the eternal flow of being."

"The wise person does not fear death, for in death there is neither pleasure nor pain."

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."

"Death and life are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides."

"Death is not the end but a transformation."