Bases Quote by Stephen King

An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.

— Paulo Coelho

Death has influenced me. It has made me more grateful and thankful to be alive.

— Laird Hamilton

“A pleasing paradox — The more frequently we contemplate our death, the less dominant its effect in our lives becomes. Like King Mithridates, who…

— Giannis Delimitsos

Death doesn't change anything. It just gives you a new location. The physical mind dissolves. But the overriding state of mind that you die…

— Frederick Lenz

Someone once said that death is God's way of telling you to slow down. I do enjoy what I do, and the secret of…

— Guy Kawasaki

Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a…

— Jose Saramago

If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes. It would…

— Irvin D. Yalom

I don't mean I give the same intensity to everything I do - if I did that, I'd be dead, but I'm very conscious,…

— David Toop

Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a…

— J. K. Rowling

Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

— Dennis Rodman

At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not separated from…

— Dalai Lama

I think death is a tremendous adventure- a gateway into a new life, in which you have further powers, deeper joys, and wonderful horizons.

— Leslie Weatherhead