Death Quote by Lewis Mumford

“In the face of certain death, men will show great courage, make great sacrifices, show a selfless determination to complete an impossible task. But…

— Andreas Christensen

Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their phantom condition; every act they execute may be their…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.

— Euripides

“Man’s mortality is therefore a phenomenon that runs counter to his nature in that it opposes that for which he has been designed. This…

— Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou

The man consummating his life dies his death triumphantly, surrounded by men filled with hope and making solemn vows.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Those who know how close the connection is between the state of mind of a man-his courage and hope, or lack of them-and the…

— Viktor E. Frankl

The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.

— Alma Katsu

Everyone wants to be foremost in this future-and yet death and the stillness of death are the only things certain and common to all…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled…

— Jed Rubenfeld

Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger, competition.

— Dorothee Solle

When men are able to influence so many others through their life and their example, they do not die.

— Aleida Guevara

The wise man looks at death with honesty, dignity and calm, recognizing that the tragedy it brings is inherent in the great gift of…

— Corliss Lamont