Quotes about Death

The night kissed the fading day With a whisper. "I am death, your mother, From me you will get new birth.

Two journeys had to be made without companions: the journey to your death and the one to enlightenment.

Even saints die," I said quietly, "and they don't all pass away kneeling in prayer.

The illusion was created by (mortals), and now they believe in it too strongly. They use their power to create a drama of birth and death, joy and pain.... In truth, the darkness has no power other than what they give it.... (T)he secret of conquering evil (is) YOU ARE EVIL. When you can face that, all monsters dissolve into the mist.... All monsters live in a dark place where mortals stuff their fears and shame and guilt.

When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

Your troubles may point you to death and destruction, but God's Word points you to life.

I guess that is what dying must be like; to be finished and to be able to look back at the struggles of life, and know that God was your constant companion.

Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death.

What kind of living will it be when you - Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?