Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ~ Matthew 5:4
Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back. ~ Marcus Aurelius
In each thing there is an insinuation of death, Stillness, silence, serenity are all apprenticeships. ~ Federico Garcia Lorca
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
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
Death I take you as I take the moon rising, Darkness, black moth the light burns up in. ~ Charles Wright
At death, the soul becomes conscious and enters into consciousness ~ Upanishads
Immortality is in the moment, now, and at the moment of death. ~ Ram Dass
Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything counts. ~ Sogyal Rinpoche
Strange, is it not, that of the myriad who before us passed the door of darkness through, not one returns to tell us of the road which to discover we must travel too. ~ Omar Khayyam
Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you. ~ Guru Nanak
Earth brings us life and nourishes us, Earth takes us back again. Birth and death are present in every moment. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying. ~ Unknown
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. ~ Buddha
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Death is extraordinarily like life, when we know how to live. You cannot live without dying. You cannot live if you do not die psychologically every minute. ~ Krishnamurti
You are as the yellow leaf. The messengers of death are at hand. You are to travel far away. What will you take with you? ~ Buddha
The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation. ~Herman Hesse
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. ~George Carlin
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ~ Mark Twain
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. ~Samuel Butler