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Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- Revelation 20:14
Some people think the theists get off easy by offering eternal life, but in my experience it is awfully difficult to reconcile the death of a child with the idea of a loving God. As a Christian, I knew what to say, but I don't think my words made much of a difference. What mattered most was just being there and sharing the hurt.
- Tony Campolo
Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.
- Paulo Coelho
They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for our existence, and out of that moment, heaven or hell is born.
- Paulo Coelho
We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper understanding of life. We must struggle in order to grow, but without falling into the trap of the power we gain through that struggle, because we know that power is worthless. Finally, we must accept that our eternal soul is, at this moment, caught in the web of time with all its opportunities and its limitations.
- Paulo Coelho
Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time.
- Paulo Coelho
Love always triumphs over what we call death. That's why there's no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side.
- Paulo Coelho
The moments that precede sleep are very similar to death. We are filled by a torpor and it is impossible to know when the 'I' takes on a different form. Our dreams are our second life. I am incapable of going through the doors that lead us to that invisible world without a shiver.
- Paulo Coelho
Until one day when, as well as his spiritual death, physical death appears; at that moment God will ask: what did you do with your life? We must all answer this question, and woe betides those who answer: I remained standing at the door.
- Paulo Coelho
When night comes and no one is watching, I feel afraid of everything: life, death, love or the lack of it; the fact that all novelties quickly become habits; the feeling that I'm wasting the best years of my life in a pattern that will be repeated over and over until I die; and sheer panic at facing the unknown, however exciting and adventurous that might be.
- Paulo Coelho
We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper understanding of life. We must struggle in order to grow
- Paulo Coelho
Worse than the composers' suffering, though, was the fact that the girl was playing the music with such soul because she knew she was going to die. And am not going to die? Where is my soul that I might play the music of my own life with such enthusiasm?
- Paulo Coelho