Learning how to die…
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
–Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Do not fear death…
No, my children, I do not fear death; on the contrary, I desire it so that I may be united forever with my God.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Death comes equally…
Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
–John Donne (1572-1631)
It is folly…
It is folly not to think of death. It is greater folly to think of it, and not prepare for it.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Born to die, die to live…
We see the water of a river flowing uninterruptedly and passing away, and all that floats on its surface, rubbish or beams of trees, all pass by. Christian! So does our life. . .I was an infant, and that time has gone. I was an adolescent, and that too has passed. I was a young man, and that too is far behind me. The strong and mature man that I was is no more. My hair turns white, I succumb to age, but that too passes; I approach the end and will go the way of all flesh. I was born in order to die. I die that I may live. Remember me, O Lord, in Thy Kingdom!
–Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)
Death is nothing…
Death is nothing else but going home to God the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
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