Afraid Of Death Quotes

• Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Life, Death, Anticipation

  "The Mother". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1930.

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• Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.

  James F. Byrnes

  Life, Happiness, Death

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• Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Death, People, Eulogy

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• 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

  Love, Life, Death

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• I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

  Stephen Hawking

  Firsts, Want, Not Afraid

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

  Jean Giraudoux

  Death, Order, Games

  Jean Giraudoux (1964). “Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux”

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• I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.

  Derek Jarman

  Dying, Ostracism, Morphine

  Derek Jarman (2010). “At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament”

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• I'm not afraid of death. I'm going home.

  Patrick Swayze

  Home, Last Words, Not Afraid

  Patrick Swayze's last words, as quoted by his family, prior to his death from pancreatic cancer, 2009.

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• Do not be afraid of death. Be afraid of the half-lived life!

  Laird Hamilton

  Insperational, Half

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• I am not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Death: A Comedy in One Act". Book by Woody Allen, 1975.

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

  Mark Twain

  Death, Motivational Sports, Fear

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.54, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

  Derek Jarman

  Death, Pain, Taken

  Derek Jarman (2010). “At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament”

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• I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Want, Way, Obscure

  Isabelle Eberhardt (2003). “The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt”, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

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• Total peace after death, becoming someone else, is the best hope I've got.

  Kurt Cobain

  Becoming, Hoping For The Best, After Death

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• Atheism is a fairy story for people afraid of the Light.

  John Lennox

  Light, Fairy Stories, Afterlife

  "An Evening With John Lennox". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. August 7, 2011.

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• Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

  Natalie Babbitt

  Inspirational, Life, Death

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• There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Dark, Fairy Stories, Afterlife

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

  Jay-Z

  Success, Young Entrepreneurs, Dying

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.298, Random House Group

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• Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Life, Death, Fear

  Bertolt Brecht, Maksim Gorky (1978). “The mother”, Grove/Atlantic

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• I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Sad, Death

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• I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Death, Suicide, Dark

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.

  Epicurus

  Where You Are

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• Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are unafraid of death and desire martyrdom.

  Jemima Khan

  Military, Simple, People

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• Perhaps the deepest reason we are afraid of death is that we do not know who we are. We believe in a personal, unique, and separate identity; but if we dare to examine it, we find that this identity depends entirely on an endless collection of things to prop it up: our name, our "biography", our partners, family, home, job, friends, credit card ... It is on their fragile and transient support that we rely for our security. So when they are all taken away, will we have any idea of who we really are?

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Spiritual, Jobs, Believe

  Sogyal Rinpoche (2009). “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition”, p.25, Harper Collins

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• Everybody is afraid of death for the simple reason that we have not tasted of life yet. The man who knows what life is, is never afraid of death; he welcomes death. Whenever death comes he hugs death, he embraces death, he welcomes death, he receives death as a guest. To the man who has not known what life is, death is an enemy; and to the man who knows what life is, death is the ultimate crescendo of life.

  Rajneesh

  Death, Men, Simple

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