Our life is made by the death of others

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear

We die only once, and for such a long time

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself

It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do

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

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves