Quotes about life and death
656 quotes from 337 people
Robert Jordan1948–2007New Spring (January 2004), Chapter 1: The Hook
Homer900–800 BCIliad, IX. 320 (tr. Lord Derby); Achilles to the embassy
Walter Scott1771–1832The Antiquary (1816), Volume I, Ch. 11.
David Hume1711–1776An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear.
The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death.
Edward Abbey1927–1989A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11: Money Et Cetera, p. 100The body was born and it will die. But for the soul there is no death.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 319Have you found your life distasteful?
My life did and does smack sweet.
Robert Browning1812–1889“At the ‘Mermaid’” (1876)The world has created no living thing that it does not intend to destroy.
Cormac McCarthy1933–2023Stella Maris (2022)Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.
Paulo Coelhoborn 1947Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 9.I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
Clarence Darrow1857–1938The Story of My Life (1932), Ch. 10 “Child Training”You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 39
Joseph Campbell1904–1987A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (1991), p. 18
Thomas Fuller1608–1661The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), The Virtuous Lady
Thomas Pynchonborn 1937Against the Day (2006), p. 622
