Death Quote by Thornton Wilder Download Open image “The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.” — Thornton Wilder ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Epitaph Gratitude Grief Loss Tribute
All that we know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Grief is fantastical, and loves the dead, And the apparel of the grave. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“Grief is the tribute we pay the dead," she said, matter-of-fact sympathy in her voice. "But they don't ask more than we can afford… — S.M. Stirling Copy Share Image
Death makes a beautiful appeal to charity. When we look upon the dead form, so composed and still, the kindness and the love that… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Death is a harsh reality of life.. Each of us will die one day. We don't have any control over it, we loose our… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“I am always saddened by the death of a good person. It is from this sadness that a feeling of gratitude emerges. I feel honored to have known them and blessed that their passing serves as a reminder to me that my time on this beautiful earth is limited and that I should seize the opportunity I have to forgive,… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share
“Gratitude is both a vaccine and an antidote for grief. Grief may be an inevitable fact of life, but gratitude has the power to… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
In my hometown of New Orleans, grief is a public spectacle that, somewhat paradoxically, necessitates celebration. The dead are not mourned so much as… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Thankfulness can be hollow as a mere gesture. Only with the appreciation of the sacrifice given can one truly be thankful. — RKent Copy Share Image
I have discovered, passionate grief does not link us with the dead but cuts us off from them. This becomes clearer and clearer. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consolation. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“He respected the slight nervous shadow that crossed her face when he came too near her. But there arose out of this denial itself… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“Simon Stimson: "...That's what it was to be alive. To move about in a cloud of ignorance; to go up and down trampling on… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“Love as education is one of the great powers of the world, but it hangs in a delicate suspension; it achieves its harmony as… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
A man looks pretty small at a wedding, George. All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder, making sure that the knot's tied in… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“But while they continued staring into one another’s face waiting for the miracle of science the pain grew worse.” — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“Cesar is not a philosophical man. His life has been one long flight from reflection. At least he is clever enough not to expose… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content,… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the… — J. Anthony Torino Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.” — Alan W. Powers Copy Share Image
“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
