Top 1200 Thoughts Of Death Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them.

I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.

Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life.

Guess now who holds thee?'--'Death,' I said. But, there, The silver answer rang, . . . 'Not Death, but Love.

Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare come to us?

From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God.

It doesn't matter that I can't remember the details any longer: death happened to her. Death happens to all of us.

I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for most of the people sentenced - I'm not a passionate anti-death penalty person. In truth, given all the other problems of the justice system, the numbers are so small, I think there are bigger fish to fry. Ironically, in terms of mental health and care, death row is probably the best prison situation to be in. There's a little more public eye on that, to ensure at least minimal levels of official treatment are actually given to death row prisoners.

Death is not cold and frightful. Death is the sun in all its powerful intensity.

Fear is the touch of death, death reminding us of its existence.

Facing death calmly is praiseworthy only if one faces it alone. Death together is no longer death, even for unbelievers. The source of sorrows lies not in leaving life, but in leaving that which gives it meaning. When love is our whole life, what difference is there between living together and dying together ?

The way we deny death says something about how we live our lives, doesn't it? At least in Sweden or Scandinavia, you don't have to search further back in time than maybe three generations to find another way to relate to death. People then had a different, closer relationship with death; at least it was like that in the countryside.

Death, vicious death, Leave a green branch for love.

The American humorist sat on his couch suffering thoughts of her, trying to figure out how to win back her affections, wondering what had happened between them or just tumbling head-over-heels down into romantic oblivion where the image of a remembered kiss provokes bottomless despair and makes death seem like the right idea.He experienced the basics of love ended.

Yes, death, the hourly possibility of it, death is the sublimity of life.

We have this desire for that balance between death and life or death and joy. We want to believe that something we can also have.

How wonderful is death! Death and his brother sleep.

I don't fear for a physical death, but when my conscience dies, that is a real death

Death is not the end, but the beginning of a new life. Yes, it is an end of something that is already dead. It is also a crescendo of what we call life, although very few know what life is. They live, but they live in such ignorance that they never encounter their own life. And it is impossible for these people to know their own death, because death is the ultimate experience of this life, and the beginning experience of another. Death is the door between two lives; one is left behind, one is waiting ahead.

The death penalty issue is obviously a divisive one. But whether one is for or against, you can not deny the basic illogic - if we know the system is flawed, if we know there are innocent people on Death Row, then until the system is reformed, should we not abandon the death penalty to protect those who are innocent?

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.

The most important factor in abandoning our thoughts is to look in the Bible and see what God says about a matter. Then we must determine to act on His Word rather than on our own thoughts or those the devil may whisper into our minds.

Just remember your thoughts control your whole reality. Everything you think of you can accomplish. Your thoughts are your reality. People realize that and everybody would be up.

The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life.

Your mind is like a garden - unless you cultivate flowers, weeds will flourish. To keep your mind positive, substitute positive thoughts for negative thoughts.

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves.

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.

Death means a lot of money, honey. Death can really make you look like a star.

The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.

Inquiry appears to be a process of thinking, but actually it's a way to undo thinking. Thoughts lose their power over us when we realize that they simply appear in the mind. They're not personal. Through The Work, instead of escaping or suppressing our thoughts, we learn to meet them with unconditional love and understanding.

That was indeed to live -- at one bold swoop to wrest from darkling death the best that death to life can give.

What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome forgetfulness.

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart

Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.

Ultimately, your state of mind determines your circumstances. To realize the outcomes you want, it is critical to recognize and experience the transition from our present thoughts, habits, and actions to new thoughts, habits, and actions.

Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of death.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death augments distance and dulls the memory. Death reconciles.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Destructive thoughts and emotions undermine the very causes of peace and happiness. If you think clearly about it, it makes no sense to think you’re seeking happiness, if you do nothing to restrain angry, spiteful, and malicious thoughts and emotions.

As powerful as the power of positive thoughts are, depression biologically interferes with the brain's ability to maintain a positive thought for any period of time. Like the farmer who casts his seed upon the rocks, all the positive thoughts in the world presented to the depressed mind will not bear fruit.

Thoughts and pictures come to my mind... thoughts from before the year 1914 when there was real peace, quiet and security on this earth - a time when we didn't know fear... Security and quiet have disappeared from the lives of men since 1914.

Save myself from death is that it?! Is that why I've come here?! I'm not afraid to die! At times I've welcomed death!

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

If you can't read and write you can't think. Your thoughts are dispersed if you don't know how to read and write. You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were.

Death is losing its terror. It is the emergency exit for a world that is becoming more frightening death ever was.

Those who have known death from inside lose all fear of death.

Why fear death? Death is only a beautiful adventure.

Sex and death. Two things that come but once in my lifetime, but at least after death you're not nauseous.

Death, death. Now I won't be able to write my beautiful memoirs.

In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation.

Death never comes at the right time, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.

Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life.

Certainly to me it has been valuable to have to think through the basics of physics in order to present them in a halfway coherent form for a course. That has led me to ideas in research. Even freshman physics leads to thoughts that lead to other thoughts that are stimulating.

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

Through the air floated only important words, and Flajsman said to himself that love has but one true measure, and that is death. At the end of true love is death, and only the love that ends in death is love.

People are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing their separation, they are afraid of losing their ego. Once you start feeling separate from existence the fear of death arises because then death seems to be dangerous. You will no longer be separate; what will happen to your ego, your personality? And you have cultivated the personality with such care, with such great effort; you have polished it your whole life, and death will come and destroy it

I think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death.

There is no God found stronger than death; and death is a sleep.