Disastrous would have been the result if a fire or a death had suddenly demanded something heroic of human nature, but tragedies… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The saddest of all failures is that of a soul, with its capabilities and possibilities, failing of life everlasting, and entering upon… — Herrick Johnson Copy Share Image
“A man is born gentle and weak; at his death he is hard and stiff. All things, including the grass and trees,… — Lao-Tzu Copy Share Image
But when I realized it was actually going to be this portrait of the artist, birth to death, I had to then… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
“When Great Trees Fall When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
To the memory of my loved ones that lost the battle of life to death, I want you to know that I… — Usman Ismaheel Copy Share Image
Upon the great questions of origin, of destiny, of immortality, of . . . other worlds, every honest man must say, 'I… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
In times of death and famine, reason is on the side of the priests-who have their own kind of logic which cries… — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
Staring and staring into the mirror, it sees many faces within its face - the face of the child, the boy, the… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“Kaneta said, “What determined life or death? No Buddhist priest knows, no Christian pastor—not even the Pope in Rome. So I would… — Richard Lloyd Parry Copy Share Image
Keep up," said an irritable voice in her ear. It was Jace, who had dropped back to walk beside her. "I don't… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Even as the brain is dying, it refuses to stop generating a narrative, the scaffolding upon which it weaves cause and effect,… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“That was the treachery of suffering. It took you to the point from which you thought death must follow, then let you… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
If you're in a safe Republican district, say Congressman [ Gus] Bilirakis,you probably don't have much to worry about which is why… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
“I went down not long ago to the Mad River, under the willows I knelt and drank from that crumpled flow, call… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear... And… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I accepted all this counsel politely, with a glassy smile and a glaring sense of unreality. Many adults seemed to interpret this… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“La Nebuleuse is a poem of lovely & deep perspective, where, symboloized by artless beings, are seen the successive generations of men… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
I don't run around feeling infused with positivity, but I'll have to be taking my last breath before I'll admit I'm dying.… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Every living thing, animal or human, or tree experiences that which is called death, with no exception. You've all accepted that one… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
“The task of a philosophy of photography is to reflect upon this possibility of freedom - and thus its significance - in… — Vilém Flusser Copy Share Image
“I remember clearly the deaths of three men. One was the richest man of the century, who, having clawed his way to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The oubliette, I was not a mouse, I was a vampire, I was a blind vampire who would heal, of course, eventually,… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“An enormous urn of coffee was being put to use by both cops and servers. One of her own uniforms was helping… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
God has created too few unmixed evils to warrant the belief that death is one of them. In all things else in… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“Throughout 2020, before vaccines were available, 99.9 percent of people's natural immune systems protected their owners from severe illness and death. The… — Robert F. Kennedy Jr Copy Share Image
I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“So there was no excuse; nothing whatever the matter, except the sin for which human nature had condemned him to death; that… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it is bound to happen. Instead of avoiding… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Talk about a woman of a certain age - Pearl Buck was a great prototype of continuing to work. She was in… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
“I believe that what the 12 Steps and their encompassing philosophy, which I will lay out for you in these pages, will… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Many people assume the diseases that kill us are pre-programmed into our genes. High blood pressure by 55, heart attacks at 60,… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“But we do not congratulate a schoolmaster on teaching that two and two make four, though we may, perhaps, congratulate him on… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
My happiest hours are those in which I think nothing, want nothing, when I do not even dream, but lose myself in… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
...the idea of a spiritual part of our nature that survives death, the notion of an afterlife, ought to be easy for… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay,… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image