Mortality Quotes

We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us.

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.

Time is long but life is short.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine and sincere.

Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!

I am not the least afraid to die.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering, full of tribulation. This one should wisely understand, one should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

In this world, hate never yet dispelled hate, only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible. You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel.

Of bones the city is made, Plastered with flesh and blood, Where decay and death are deposited, And pride, and ingratitude.

Many do not realize that We here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

I shall live here in the rains, there in winter, elsewhere in summer, muses the fool, not aware of the nearness of death.

All too soon this body will lie on the ground, cast aside, deprived of consciousness, like a useless scrap of wood.

Unindicated and unknown is the length of life of those subject to death.

Those who have come to be, those who will be: All will go, leaving the body behind. The skillful person, realizing the loss of all, should live the holy life ardently.

Life is swept along, next-to-nothing its span. For one swept to old age no shelters exist. Perceiving this danger in death, one should drop the world's bait and look for peace.

All individual things pass away, strive on untiringly.

Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.