- Kahlil Gibran
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,
as the … Read More
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,
as the … Read More
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Some are bound to die young. By dying young a person stays young in people’s memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness … Read More
- Edgar Albert Guest
I will lend you, for a little time,
A child of mine, He said.
For you to love the while he lives,
And mourn for when he’s dead.
It … Read More
- Ray Bradbury
Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall … Read More
- Henry Scott Holland
Death is nothing at all.
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.
Everything remains exactly as … Read More
It does not count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has happened.
Everything remains exactly as … Read More
- King James Bible
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And … Read More
- Abraham Lincoln
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The … Read More
- William Shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I have yet heard,
It … Read More
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I have yet heard,
It … Read More
- Revised English Bible
Where can I escape from your spirit, where flee from your presence? If I climb up to heaven, you are there; if I make my … Read More
- Revised English Bible
‘Set your troubled hearts at rest. Trust in God always; trust also in me. There are many dwelling-places in my Father’s house; if it were … Read More
- Anonymous
One night a man had a dream. He dreamt that he was walking along a beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed the scenes … Read More
- Revised English Bible
For everything its season, and for every activity under heaven its time:
a time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant … Read More
a time to plant … Read More
- Robert Frost
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Read More
- Kahlil Gibran
Then a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from … Read More
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from … Read More
- Revised English Bible
No wonder we do not lose heart! Though our outward humanity is in decay, yet day by day we are inwardly renewed. Our troubles are … Read More
- Margery Williams
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, … Read More
- William Shakespeare
Our revels are now ended: these our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like … Read More
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like … Read More
- Revised English Bible
Listen, I will unfold a mystery: we shall not all die, but we shall all be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an … Read More
- Revised English Bible
Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, in order that everyone who has … Read More
- William Wordsworth
And when the stream that overflows has passed, a consciousness remains upon the silent shore of memory; images and precious thoughts that shall not be … Read More
- A A Milne
If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you … Read More
- Colonel Robert G Ingersoll
Before the sublime mystery of life and spirit, the mystery of infinite space and endless time, we stand in reverent awe…This much we know: we … Read More
- Seneca
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. Read More
- Revised English Bible
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to announce good news to the … Read More
- Mary Lee Hall
If I should die and leave you here awhile,
be not like others, sore undone, who keep
long vigils by the silent dust, and weep.
For my sake, … Read More
- Anonymous
A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam and for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to the world. But then it flies … Read More
- Revised English Bible
I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had vanished, and there was no longer any … Read More
- Revised English Bible
Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never … Read More
- Dr Seuss
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. Read More
- Revised English Bible
I may speak in tongues of men or of angels, but if I have no love, I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal. … Read More
- Anonymous
I did not die young. I lived my span of life within your body and within your love. There are many that have lived long … Read More
- David Gerrold
“Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.”
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- Revised English Bible
Then what can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or hardship? Can persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger or sword? …throughout it all, overwhelming … Read More
- Revised English Bible
I have run the great race, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. And now there awaits me the garland of righteousness … Read More
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.”
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- Thomas Campbell
“To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die.” Read More
- J K Rowling
“To the well organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.” Read More
- Debi Gliori
“Does love wear out” said Small, “does it break or bend? Can you fix it, stick it, does it mend?”
“Oh help,” said Large “I’m not … Read More
- Adam Lindsay
One day at a time; this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be … Read More
- Revised English Bible
On this mountain the LORD of hosts will prepare a banquet of rich fare for all the peoples, a banquet of wines well matured, richest … Read More
- E B White
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s … Read More
- Kahlil Gibran
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose … Read More
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose … Read More
- Unknown
I took up a handful of grain and let it slip flowing through my fingers, and I said to myself; this is what it is … Read More
- Woody Allen
“I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Read More
- Bruce Colville
“Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people—they always go away, sooner or later. You can’t hold them, any more than you can hold … Read More
- Revised English Bible
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ He called a child, set him … Read More
- Henry Van dyke
I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails
to the morning breeze and
starts for the blue ocean. She … Read More
A ship at my side spreads her white sails
to the morning breeze and
starts for the blue ocean. She … Read More
- Revised English Bible
They brought children for him to touch. The disciples rebuked them, but when Jesus saw it he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the … Read More
- William Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits, and their entrances;
And one man in his … Read More
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits, and their entrances;
And one man in his … Read More
- John Bunyan
I see myself now at the end of my journey; my toilsome days are ended. I am going now to see that head that was … Read More
- Revised English Bible
We wish you not to remain in ignorance, friends, about those who sleep in death; you should not grieve like the rest of mankind, who … Read More
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“People have stars, but they aren’t the same. For travellers, the stars are guides. For other people, they’re nothing but tiny lights. And for still … Read More
- Marilyn Monroe
“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.” Read More