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

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Buddha

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
Buddha

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

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
Albert Einstein

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Mark Twain

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

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Mark Twain

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
George Carlin

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
George Carlin

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
George Carlin

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
Joel Osteen

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
Kahlil Gibran

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
Kahlil Gibran

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.
Kahlil Gibran

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Mohandas Gandhi

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Mohandas Gandhi

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin