Approaching death Quote by Stanislav Grof

“Whenever in my dreams I see the dead, they always appear silent, bothered, strangely depressed, quite unlike their dear, bright selves. I am aware…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral…

— Dag Hammarskjold

When death finally comes you will welcome it like an old friend, being aware of how dreamlike and impermanent the pheneomenal world really is.

— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

It's unnatural to believe death usually has a beauty and a concordance and is usually a coming together of your life's work. It leads…

— Sherwin B. Nuland

Death must obliterate all memories and affections and ideas and laws, or the awakening in the next world will be amid the welcomes, and…

— Randolph Sinks Foster

“And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on its way to heaven.…

— Alice Sebold

“People have rituals for communing with the dead, rituals that depend more on the idiosyncrasies of the individual than on the influence of culture.…

— Barry Eisler

I've always been infatuated with death. I'm drawn to the permanence of it and the unknown.

— Scarface

“Without guidance and support for patients and families approaching death, there may be unnecessary conflict, confusion, and trauma that linger long after the passing…

— Lisa J. Shultz

The subject of death is taboo. We feel, perhaps only subconsciously, that to be in contact with death in any way, even indirectly, somehow…

— Raymond Moody

“But mortification - literally, "making death" - is what life is all about, a slow discovery of the mortality of all that is created…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart