Quotes about life and death
656 quotes from 337 people
A shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Carl Jung1875–1961Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1933), p. 69Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915Attributed in Items of Interest, Vol. 33 (1911), p. 8Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
Albert Einstein1879–1955Letter to his son Eduard (5 February 1930), as quoted in Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), p. 367The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970What I Believe (1925)
Francis Bacon1561–1626The World (1629)Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Letters and Social Aims (1876), Social AimsHow vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862August 19, 1851
Voltaire1694–1778“Cato” (1764)
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869), Bk. XIV, ch. 15- Leo Tolstoy1828–1910The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894), Chapter XII, Conclusion—Repent Ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919“The American Boy”, published in St. Nicholas 27, no. 7 (May 1900), p. 574
