Deities Quote by Pliny the Elder

Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.

— Pliny the Elder

...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We have been placed in…

— Immanuel Kant

It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide.

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

All suicides have the responsibility of fighting against the temptation of suicide. Every one of them knows very well in some corner of his…

— Anonymous

To commit suicide is easy. To live without a god is more difficult. The drunkenness of triumph is greater than the drunkenness of sacrifice.

— Anais Nin

Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.

— Veronica Roth

Suicide is the means of men whose resilience has been eaten away by rust, the rust of the daily round. They were born for…

— Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.

— Anatole France

Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'

— Bill Maher

When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend:…

— Al Alvarez

Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an interest in…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Here's the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.

— Cesare Pavese