Famous Quotes

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."

Epictetus 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 Epictetus

• "We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free."

• "When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger."

• "The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

• "Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

• "First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."