Death Quote by John Fowles Download Open image ““German is to death what Latin is to ritual religion – entirely appropriate.”” — John Fowles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Religion
“Death is universal. The rituals associated with it, however, vary substantially—and are greatly influenced by their religious and cultural context.” — Richard J. Borden Copy Share Image
“As the French know well, ritual is how we give meaning to different aspects of being alive, including the most elemental: birth, marriage, death,… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
“When people die, cultures — African, Klassikan, or otherwise — follow rituals, written and unwritten. But beyond the customs, it is your character that… — Don Santo Copy Share Image
“The survival of religion is on the basis of torture and punishment; end of torture is end of religion.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“Ritual may be vital to reaction, but it is also the life blood of revolution.” — David I. Kertzer Copy Share Image
“Sacred dying rituals are primarily and notably for the person dying. It takes great strength and courage to face death and to begin to… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“at best, religion generates comforting noises to mask the fact that someone is starving to death, or is dying of cholera, or has had… — P.Z. Myers Copy Share Image
I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“The sky is absolutely empty. Beautifully pure and empty. As if the architects and builders would live in all the houses they built! Or… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“The evolution of human mentality has put us all in vitro now, behind the glass wall of our own ingenuity.” — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night? — John Fowles Copy Share Image
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Long afterwards I realized why some men, racing drivers and their like, become addicted to speed. There are those of us who never see… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content,… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the… — J. Anthony Torino Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.” — Alan W. Powers Copy Share Image
“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
