Quotes about End

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not knowledge of it, then, have a great influence on life? Shall we not, like archers who have a mark to aim at, be more likely to hit upon what we should? If so, we must try, in outline at least, to determine what it is.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end.

Death. The end of sense-perception, of being controlled by our emotions, of mental activity, of enslavement to our bodies.

Shall I do it? I will; so the end of my action be to do good unto men. Doth anything by way of cross or adversity happen unto me? I accept it, with reference unto the Gods, and their providence; the fountain of all things, from which whatsoever comes to pass, doth hang and depend

When near his death, being asked by the tribune for the watchword, he said, Go to the rising sun, for I am setting.

Is there no end to his disguises, of benevolence?

The aliens arrive. We like the part where we get saved. We like the part where we get destroyed. Why do those feel so similar? Either way, it's an end.

There is no recollection which time does not put an end to, and no pain which death does not remove.