Life is the constant
approach to death; therefore, life can be bliss only when death does not seem to
be an evil.
We say sometimes, “Here I will live in the rainy season,
there I will live in the summer.” So a crazy man dreams, because he does not
think about death. But then death comes, and it takes all people with it: the man
who is busy, and he who is concerned with something, and he who is greedy, and
he who is absent-minded. Neither your
son, nor your father, nor family or friends can help you when death comes. A
wise man, one who understands this, looks for the way which leads to calmness.
— Buddhist Wisdom
A man comes into the world with his hands pushed into
fists, as if he wants to say, “All this world is mine.” A man leaves this world
with his palms open, as if to say, “Look, I take nothing with me.”
— The Talmud
You should live your life as if you are ready to say good-bye
to it at any moment, as if the time left you is some pleasant surprise.
— Marcus Aurelius
Your life is a small stretch of unlimited time. So have a
good look at it, and make the best of it.
— Said-Ben-Hamed
Remember: you do not
live in the world, you only pass through it.
