I've worked very hard to become comfortable with how death works and why it happens. I now know that death isn't out to get me. Caitlin Doughty comfortabledeathhard Change image and share on social
People think sport is life and death - it's not. Bradley Wiggins deathlifepeople Change image and share on social
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia. Pope Benedict XVI abortionapplycatholic share on social
Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America's most fundamental and most demanding undertaking. Drew Gilpin Faust americaamericancivil share on social
Of all living things, only humans consciously anticipate death; the consequent need to choose how to behave in its face - to worry about how to die - distinguishes us from other animals. The need to manage death is the particular lot of humanity. Drew Gilpin Faust animalanticipatebehave share on social
The eternal link between Lincoln's life and Passover - the fact that Lincoln's death, marked in the Hebrew calendar, coincides with Passover every year - is certainly fitting, and perhaps even part of the providence that Lincoln began to see in his own life and the life of his nation. Meir Soloveichik begincalendarcoincide share on social
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived. Harold Kushner concernconvincedeath Change image and share on social
Seasonal changes, as it were, take place in history, when there is practically an almost universal death, a falling of the foliage of the tree of life. Such were the intervals between the ancient and mediaeval time, the mediaeval and the modern. George Edward Woodberry ancientdeathfall share on social
Some people conclude that the injustices existing in the world prove there is no God. On the contrary, I conclude that God, being both just and merciful, will and can rectify all inequities in a life after death. Henry Eyring concludecontrarydeath share on social
We're also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That's something to boast about, isn't it? Tony Randall boastcountrydeath Change image and share on social