Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death. Paul Ricoeur contradictioncrossdeath Change image and share on social
Most of us believe that we possess some aspect of eternity that will insure some kind of survival beyond death. The only problem with those strategies is they forget that only God is eternal. We are finite. Stanley Hauerwas aspectdeatheternal share on social
I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him. Jill McCorkle agocontinuedad share on social
Life is but a moment, death also is but another. Robert H. Schuller deathlifemoment Change image and share on social
The fundamental human truth underpinning 'Ox Mountain Death Song' is that men so very often turn into their fathers. The way that everything gets passed down. Kevin Barry deathfatherfundamental Change image and share on social
The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street. Leo Buscaglia actionbegindeath share on social
I really just try to focus on my job, which is to be an actor, and outside that, the cards fall where they may, and on not getting caught up in how people react to certain things. That's a death trap creatively. Matt Bomer actorcardcatch share on social
To many forms of life of our northern lands, winter means a long sleep; to others, it means what it means to many fortunate human beings - travels in warm climes. To still others, who again have their human prototypes, it means a struggle, more or less fierce, to keep soul and body together; while to many insect forms, it means death. John Burroughs beingbodyclime share on social
Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death! Mimi Kennedy deathdemocracydetermine Change image and share on social
Money is a strange thing. It ranks with love as our greatest source of joy, and with death as our greatest source of anxiety. Joe Moore anxietydeathgreat Change image and share on social