Home » Quote » Haruki Murakami » „Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.“ „Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.“ — Haruki Murakami Tags:DeathLifeParting Related quotes „Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it. By living our lives, we nurture death.“ — Haruki Murakami „Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.“ — Eckhart Tolle „Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death.“ — Viktor E. Frankl „Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.“ — Haruki Murakami „Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.“ — Emil M. Cioran „What is that the inherence of which, will render the body alive? [The soul. ] …Then whatever the soul possesses, to that she comes bearing life? …And is there an opposite to life? [Death. ] Then the soul, as she has been acknowledged, will never receive the opposite of what she brings. …And what do we call the principle which does not admit of death? [The immortal. ] And does the soul admit of death? [No. ] Then the soul is immortal?“ — Socrates „Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.Love is Life, Hatred is Death.“ — Swami Vivekananda