History Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Death is a concept for fatalists and fools. And dead people.”

— Martin Cosgrove

“Fatalism accounts for life as a whole. Whatever happens can be fit within the large generality of individuation, or my journey, or growth. Fatalism…

— James Hillman

“When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible interpretation and…

— Francesca Marciano

“The thought of just how inadequate the body's natural defenses --skull, bone, brain-- were in the face of the advanced physics-- lead, gun-powder, momentum…

— Adam Sternbergh

“Decay is inevitable, but death is not.”

— The RZA

“Death is inevitable. But the meaning people attach to death, its causes and aftermath, is culturally given. Without meaning, without culture making sense of…

— Richard B. Lee

“Nobody likes the phenomenon of death, and death hates the phenomenon of life”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Philosophy eulogises death, perturbs lives.”

— Alok Mishra

“Death is a cessation from the impression of the senses, the tyranny of the passions, the errors of the mind, and the servitude of…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Death should not be viewed as a medical failure but as a natural conclusion to life.”

— Christine Cowgill

“There is no such thing as a historical fatality; there is only a historical nemesis which punishes those who have hesitated to act when…

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

“The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully.”

— Jasper Fforde