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1. “Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

William Shakespeare

Life, Mortality, Futility, Existence, Philosophy

2. “Men come and men go, I have come and I will go when my time comes.”

Nelson Mandela

Life, Transience, Legacy, Acceptance, Mortality

3. “One lives one’s life under constant tension, until it’s time to go for good.”

Albert Einstein

Life, Tension, Mortality, Acceptance, Existence

4. “I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.”

Winston Churchill

Life, Exhaustion, Reflection, Transition, Mortality

5. “Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day.”

William Shakespeare

Death, Mortality, Sorrow, Fate, Decay

6. “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.”

William Shakespeare

Power, Grandeur, Mortality, Humility, Perspective

7. “I came alone in this world, I have walked alone in the valley of the shadow of death, and I shall quit alone when the time comes.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Solitude, Mortality, Strength, Life, Independence

8. “The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Life, Quality, Fulfillment, Values, Mortality

9. “There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations – these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.”

C.S. Lewis

Humanity, Mortality, Value, Perspective, Reflection

10. “It’s not the good that die young, it’s the lucky.”

Mark Twain

Life, Mortality, Luck, Youth, Reflection

11. “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.”

Steve Jobs

Life, Mortality, Perspective, Fear, Reality

12. “To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or I They may take the trifle Termed mortality!”

Emily Dickinson

Simple Days, Mortality, Appreciation, Seasons, Life, Reflection

13. “Golden lads and girls all must as chimney sweepers come to dust.”

William Shakespeare

Mortality, Dust, Youth, Equality, Life

14. “Death shows up to remind us to live more fully.”

Oprah Winfrey

Life, Presence, Appreciation, Mindfulness, Mortality

15. “I could still be forgotten when I’m dead. I don’t really care what happens when I’m dead.”

John Lennon

Legacy, Mortality, Fame, Indifference, Life

16. “Death itself does not frighten me; it is the jump I am afraid of.”

Simone de Beauvoir

Fear Of Death, Existential Fear, Courage And Hesitation, Final Leap, Mortality, Transition

17. “Every time a man dies, a child dies too, and an adolescent and a young man as well; everyone weeps for the one who was dear to him.”

Simone de Beauvoir

Life Stages, Death Reflection, Grief Process, Human Loss, Loved Ones, Mortality

18. “If they do kill me, I shall never die another death.”

Abraham Lincoln

Courage, Mortality, Fearlessness, Acceptance, Legacy

19. “Death is a fearful thing.”

William Shakespeare

Death, Fear, Mortality, Life, End

20. “Don’t go to sleep, so many people die there.”

Mark Twain

Sleep, Mortality, Humor, Life, Fear

21. “We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. But how far away that future may be, there is no knowing.”

George Orwell

Mortality, Future, Hope, Legacy, Sacrifice

22. “Gandalf: Three hundred lives of men I have walked this earth and now I have no time.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

Time, Wisdom, Urgency, Experience, Mortality

23. “For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.”

John F. Kennedy

Humanity, Unity, Commonality, Life, Mortality, Environment

24. “Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.”

Emily Dickinson

Eternity, Death, Fear, Existence, Time, Mortality

25. “You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?”

Buddha

Acceptance, Peaceful Mindset, Letting Go, Forgiveness, Mortality, Harmony

26. “Man is like the foam of the sea, that floats upon the surface of the water. When the wind blows, it vanishes, as if it had never been. Thus are our lives blown away by Death.”

Khalil Gibran

Life Death, Mortality Existence, Nature Ephemeral, Death, Life, Mortality

27. “Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence.”

Dalai Lama

Impermanence, Life, Lessons, Mortality, Loss

28. “We all have a short period of time on this earth—We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea how long we’re going to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I’ve got to accomplish a lot of these things while I’m young.”

Steve Jobs

Time, Purpose, Youth, Greatness, Mortality

29. “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

Steve Jobs

Life, Mortality, Authenticity, Courage, Purpose

30. “If we don't know life, how can we know death?”

Confucius

Life, Understanding, Mortality, Reflection, Wisdom

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