Yes, I know. Death sits with his key in my lock. Not one day is taken for granted. Even nursery rhymes have… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Most of my childhood revolved around wondering when we would be blown up by the Russians. I couldn't stand the news, I… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
When we see our enemies and friends gliding away before us, let us not forget that we are subject to the general… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human… — Harry Kroto Copy Share Image
“I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro… — Ptolemy Copy Share Image
Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Mortality is the great rescuer, it finally takes you out of everything, and that makes life good.Read Carl Jung. It makes life… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
“I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I… — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
The last decisive energy of a rational courage which confides in the Supreme Power is very sublime. It makes a man who… — Randolph Sinks Foster Copy Share Image
O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“What indeed is the half-life of a mortal consciousness? What is the half-life of a memory of that mortal consciousness? Of course,… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
Surely taking the gospel to every kindred, tongue, and people is the single greatest responsibility we have in mortality. ... We have… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
You are not saintly (a good person) because an organization says so, but rather because you stay connected to the divinity of… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples. — Hesiod Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seemed as if he'd always been very old. People said that time lasted for ever when you were young. That… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
I believe the only way we'll be able to solve infant mortality - and other huge social problems - is by designing… — Jane Chen Copy Share Image
“For thousands of years priests, rabbis and muftis explained that humans cannot overcome famine, plague and war by their own efforts. Then… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
