„Buddhism calls anger “corruption of the mind,” Manicheism “root of the tree of death.” I know this, but what good does it do me to know?“

— Emil M. Cioran

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„Death waits for me, I know it, aroundone corner or another.This doesn't amuse me.Neither does it frighten me.“
— Mary Oliver
„I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future."THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death."What does it contain, then?"ME.“
— Terry Pratchett
„I believe in reincarnation,” [Bjorn] said.I KNOW.“I tried to live a good life. Does that help?”THAT’S NOT UP TO ME. Death coughed. OF COURSE… SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION… YOU’LL BE BJORN AGAIN.“
— Terry Pratchett
„I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.“
— Pablo Neruda
„I know I can walk through the world, along the shore or under the trees, with my mind filled with things of little importance, in full self-attendance. A condition I can't really call being alive.“
— Mary Oliver
„The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about.“
— Elvis Presley
„Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him again does not frighten me—death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way.“
— Robert A. Heinlein
„When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness“
— Thich Nhat Hanh