3 December 2020 Edvard Munch Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.
3 December 2020 Thomas Hobbes The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.
3 December 2020 Stanislav Grof There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.
3 December 2020 Rollo May Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one’s death.
3 December 2020 Sun Tzu Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.
3 December 2020 Jesse Jackson I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.
3 December 2020 Jose Ortega y Gasset An ‘unemployed’ existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
3 December 2020 Jean de la Bruyere Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.
3 December 2020 Elie Wiesel I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
3 December 2020 Jean-Jacques Rousseau No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.
3 December 2020 Paul Lynde If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.
3 December 2020 Alice Thomas Ellis Death is the last enemy: once we’ve got past that I think everything will be alright.
3 December 2020 Voltaire I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.
3 December 2020 Lucius Accius A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.
3 December 2020 George Carlin At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
3 December 2020 Damien Hirst The difference between art about death and actual death is that one’s a celebration and the other’s a dull fact.
3 December 2020 Adrienne Rich They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some order is death by famine worse than death by suicide, than a life of famine and suicide…?
3 December 2020 Bill Shankly Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
3 December 2020 Stephen Hawking I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
3 December 2020 Paul Simon As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won’t be put to death.
3 December 2020 Brendan Behan When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
3 December 2020 Francis Bacon I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
3 December 2020 Kat Dennings There’s stuff I don’t like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don’t like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.
3 December 2020 Elias Canetti There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.
