#inspiration

A man is born gentle and weak; at his death he is hard and stiff. All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life; dry and brittle in death. Stiffness is thus a companion of death; flexibility a companion of life. An army that cannot yield will be defeated. A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. The hard and stiff will be broken; the soft and supple will prevail. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#death

Life has to end, she said. Love doesn't. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#death #dying #endings #inspirational #life

Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya? ↗

— Martin Buber

#death

...almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear...these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose...There is no reason not to follow your heart ↗

— Steve Jobs

#death

Fear is a bird that refuses to fly, and each time she neglects to use her wings, she consents to the slow death of her destiny. ↗

— Nadia Janice Brown

#inspirational #death

They say that a part of you dies when a special Loved One passes away...I disagree...I say a part of you lives with your Loved One on the other side. ↗

— Daniel Yanez

#death-of-a-loved-one #inspirational-love #love #moving-on #death

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar They're worth so much more after I'm a goner And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin' Funny when you're dead how people start listenin ↗

— Kimberly Perry

#dark #death #inspirational #death

Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will lead to consequences, both good as well as bad. For that is the way of the universe. ↗

— Amish Tripathi

#faith

That somehow dreams are a blurred line between here and there, like a meeting room in a prison. You’re both in the same room, yet on different sides and really, in different worlds. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#inspirational #life #dreams

Give unto your all everything, for you never know when it will be your last... ↗

— Nadège Richards

#god #inspirational #life #uplifting #faith