„We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening“

— Zhuangzi

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„If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.“
— Ramana Maharshi
„She decided she'd rather die in some less memorable way- maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at the age eighty, after a nice quiet life with Percy. Yes, that sounded good.“
— Rick Riordan
„To die, to sleep -To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub,For in this sleep of death what dreams may come…“
— William Shakespeare
„Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause, there's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life“
— William Shakespeare