139 Quotes About Fear-of-death

If you still have fear, you love life

The white-hot singularity at the core of the Machine is – ultimately - a fear of death. It's the inevitability of a journey's end and the threat of a question nobody can honestly answer: what does it mean to make the most of a life? How can you tell that you've spent your time well? There is no metric, no answer key at the back of the book. It's a question that I think everyone had to answer for themselves, and hold tight onto that answer with both hands.

The universe is eternal; every person appears in the stream of time, and then disappears. The ego does not survive. Life is significant despite that it ends. The products of human life that we cherish – love, happiness, beauty, art, kindness, – have value without being everlasting. We must conquer human fearfulness in order to live a dignified life.

Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens

I live nearby a graveyard, that's where I get all my inspiration for wisdom and life

The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor

I am not worried about dying, what I am worried about is not living

For some, it is a belovedthey are eager to meet.For some, it is an enemythey are anxious to face.For some, it is a strangerthey are trying to ignore.In truth, it is a destinythat nobody can escape.So, for me, when death comes there will only be acceptance.

We die a day at a time