Quotes about Mortality

Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return.

In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for thou out of the ground wast taken; know thy birth, for dust thou art, and shalt to dust return.

Death is not an easy thing for anyone to understand, least of all a child, but every life shall one day end. But as long as we are alive, as long as we are together, as long as two of us are left, and remember him, nothing in the world can take him from us. His body can be taken, but not him.

Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary.

The selflessness and dedication shown by many Greek doctors can be seen not only in such works as the Epidemics, but also in, for example, Thucydides' account of the plague at Athens (II, 47ff.) — where he notes the high incidence of mortality from the disease among the doctors who attempted to treat it.

Life will continue on the other side of the veil.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.

I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead.

The true philosopher lives his life as a dress rehearsal for death.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.