For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross creativedeathforce Change image and share on social
In Hinduism, Shiva is a deity who represents transformation. Through destruction and restoration, Shiva reminds us that endings are beginnings, and that our world is constantly undergoing a cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Karen Salmansohn beginningbirthconstantly share on social
You're taught from the day you start medical school that you're a god, that you can have power over life and death. So when your life starts to crumble, and the highest power you see is looking back in the mirror - and you know that power is flawed - it is very hard to get past that. Michael Palmer backcrumbleday share on social
There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death. Charles de Montesquieu birthdeathman Change image and share on social
Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death. Desmond Morris birthdeathlife Change image and share on social
I'm Irish. I think about death all the time. Jack Nicholson deathirishtime Change image and share on social
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia challengedeathlove Change image and share on social
Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. Cat Stevens abusedeathislamic Change image and share on social
Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. Lewis Mumford achievedaydeath share on social
