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- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
- 1969
- “Is war perhaps nothing else but a need to face death, to conquer and master it, to come out of it alive -- a peculiar form of denial of our mortality?”
- “Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.
- “Simple people with less education, sophistication, social ties, and professional obligations seem in general to have somewhat less difficulty in facing this final crisis than people of affluence who lose a great deal more in terms of material luxuries, comfort, and number of interpersonal relationships.
- “We often tend to ignore how much of a child is still in all of us.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families.
- The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain. Positive, Death, Spiritual.
- I have a certainty about eternity that is a wonderful thing, and I thank God for giving me that certainty. I do not fear death. I may fear a little bit about the process, but not death itself, because I think the moment that my spirit leaves this body, I will be in the presence of the Lord.
- When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
- The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears. Eckhart Tolle. Moments, Live In The Present, Disappear.
Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
May 29, 2015 · “I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” – Mark Twain
- Isn’t it sad that so often it takes facing death to appreciate life and each other fully? Esther Earl. Appreciate, Appreciate Life.
- Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
- Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs. Change, Graduation, Death.
- I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” – Mark Twain, American novelist and humorist (1835 – 1910).
“I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it.” —Epictetus. Once you understand your fear of death, you should do everything you can to overcome it. Being afraid of death is being afraid of reality. Focusing your time and mental energy on something that is out of your hands is a waste.
