Famous Quotes

"In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us."

Dag Hammarskjold on Death

More quotes about Death

• "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Death

• "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

  Buddha on Death

• "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

  Albert Einstein on Death

• "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

  Mark Twain on Death

• "Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

  Helen Keller on Death

More quotes by Dag Hammarskjold

• "A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility."

• "Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment."

• "Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life."

• "Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions."

• "'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights."