Citater om death

You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
For life and death are one even as the river and the sea are one
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.
I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.