Some have suffered death to make it possible for us to have the scriptures today. Historically, the scriptures in the Bible were reserved for the clergy, with the reading of them by others being denounced. At times, laws even prohibited the public or private reading of them. L. Lionel Kendrick bibleclergydeath share on social
My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file. Katha Pollitt abortionbirthcontrol share on social
I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. Tom Waits afraidbiteconversation Change image and share on social
Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Tecumseh deathenterfear Change image and share on social
The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable. Theodore Parker bodybrothercreep Change image and share on social
Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body. Stanislav Grof bodyconsciousnessdeath Change image and share on social
A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge deathdestructiondevote Change image and share on social
Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting. Nancy Gibbs breathburnclose share on social
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. Mark Twain deathfearthing Change image and share on social