Famous Quotes

"Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death."

Socrates 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 Socrates

• "Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

• "Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

• "Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind."

• "Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

• "He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."