13,737 Quotes About Death

Suffering creates a vivid contrast illuminating joy, happiness, and satisfaction. It is a harsh lesson on the other side of sublime. We all must suffer, whether we choose to or not. There must be value in that which is given in our lives, even though we hope and try to live joyfully and enjoy our brief time on earth.

Looking at death can be life-affirming. It doesn’t need to mire us in thoughts of uselessness, nihilism, self-recrimination, and indifference to the future. Just a reminder that our days are numbered invites us to consider our blessings, strengthen our resolve to carry on, and escalate our compassion for all creatures, great and small.

Those of us who receive the blessing of a long life will also need to understand and manage grief and loss many times throughout our lives. Grief will come again, and again. Loss is a requisite part of the aging process and the human experience.

Suffering can precipitate creativity, liberating the creator through inspiration and then many available channels of human communication, and therefore there is value in suffering.

I think: by the time I'm old, nobody will be able to die any more.

It behooves me to remember as I advance in age that death is an inevitable part of the life cycle rather than a medical failure.

How do you like your blue-eyed boy Mr Death?

Until we’re pushing up daisies, it might be good to remind ourselves daily that everything’s coming up roses — for me and for you.

I’ve studied history all my life and I hated that every story of every remarkable person ended with death. What would they have thought if they’d been allowed to watch history unfold? You know, it’s like reaching the end of your favorite novel, wondering what goes on in the lives of the characters outside the pages.