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Death and dying

«The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.»
«The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good»
Author: John Barrymore (Actor) | About: Death and dying | Keywords: it No
«The goal of all life is death.»
Author: Sigmund Freud (Founder) | About: Death and dying, Goals, Life | Keywords: The Goal
«The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'»
«The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death»
«The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.»
«The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.»
«The fear of death is more to be dreaded then fear itself.»
Author: Publilius Syrus | About: Death and dying | Keywords: Death itself, dreaded
«The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket»
Author: William Wordsworth (Poet) | About: Death and dying | Keywords: socket
«The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.»