Quotes about Death
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
— John Donne
When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.
— Ayn Rand
It is one thing to be in the proximity of death, to know more or less what she is, and it is quite another thing to seek her.
— Ernest Hemingway
Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
— Samuel Johnson
A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.
— Paulo Coelho
Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.
— Epicurus
We spend our years with sighing; it is a valleyof tears; but death is the funeral of all our sorrows.
— Thomas Watson
An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.
— Paulo Coelho
I believe there are two sides to the phenomenon known as death, this side where we live, and the other side where we shall continue to live. Eternity does not start ith death. We are in eternity now.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction and plunging many of our brothers and sisters into grief and despair
— Pope Benedict XVI
Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
— Francis de Sales
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.
— Soren Kierkegaard