Quotes about Mortality

Any man's death diminishes me, for I am involved with mankind.

O miserable condition of man, which is not imprinted by God, who, as he is immortal himself, had put a coal, a beam of immortality into us, which we might have blown into a flame, but blew it by our first sin; we beggared ourselves by hearkening after falses riches, and infatuated ourselves by hearkening after false knowledge.

No man ever saw God and lived; and yet, I shall not live till I see God; and when I have seen him I shall never die

No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.

Life after death is the elephant in the living room, the one that we are not supposed to notice.

There may be no single thing that can teach us more about life than death.

Life is short and we have scarcely begun to live when we are called to die.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

All human beings pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only beloved who will never pass away.

I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.