“And in a way, this was how he had come to see his death, as a series of small ones taking place… — Paule Marshall Copy Share Image
Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light,… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
All investigations of Time, however sophisticated or abstract, have at their true base the human fear of mortality. — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“Time itself is a thing, so it seems to me, that stands solidly like a fence of iron palings with its endless… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
What happened in Cuba, just to cut to the chase, their death rate from diabetes went down 50%, their death rate from… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“One day, while life is being incredible and interesting, I’m going to die.” — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
I'm very much drawn to these stories. This is a huge, great story [in Doctor Strange] about the possibility of living beyond… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Employers pay with their money for what employees have paid for with portions of their lives.” — @Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Bomb Disposal Is a face off with your own mortality. Don't let the fear get to you. When you give in to… — Peter Stillman Copy Share Image
General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen. — Michael Marmot Copy Share Image
To emotionally accept impending disaster, to attain the gut-level understanding that the power elite will not respond rationally to the devastation of… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
We really are immortal in the sense that Christ’s Atonement conquers death, both physical and spiritual. And provided we have so lived… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
No statistical proofs exist that prayer reduces illness and mortality, except perhaps through a psychogenic enhancement of the immune system; if it… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,… — William Knox Copy Share Image
A broken heart is a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined, and would have a fair title to a… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Without dignity our lives are only blinks of duration. But if we manage to lead a good life well, we create something… — Ronald Dworkin Copy Share Image
Talking about your hair becomes a framework for talking about your vanity, your self-esteem, your relationships with your family, your mortality. — Elizabeth Benedict Copy Share Image
Cheat me not with time, with the dull ache of flesh, for all flesh turns, even the loveliest ankle and frail thigh,… — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
