we are born and we are already dying

“Conception is the beginning of human life. From the time that an ovum is fertilized a new life begins that is neither that of…

— Declaration on Procured Abortion Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 1974

In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there…

— Frederick Buechner

The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life. In death…

— Rajneesh

Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare,…

— Tom DeLay

“Every child is born as angel.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the…

— Frederick Lenz

It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all…

— Francine Rivers

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…

— Steven Biko

There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is…

— Abraham Kuyper

Always keep the smile, because the smile is the beginning of love.

— Adam Imad

The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.

— Lucretius

I gave birth to most of them MC's... So when it comes around to the month of May, Send me your royalty check for…

— Roxanne Shante

“A Beautiful verse takes birth when "U"n"I" VERSE.”

— Rajesh Walecha

“There is no born evil, only a corruptible canvas darkened by a formidable perpetrator.”

— Yefon Isabelle

I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its birth, sit…

— Clive Barker