#phil

We’re beings toward death, we’re … two-legged, linguistically-conscious creatures born between urine and feces whose body will one day be the culinary delight of terrestrial worms. ↗

— Cornel West

#philosophy #philosophy-of-life #death

Death twitches my ear; 'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming. ↗

— Virgil

#creepy #death #death-and-dying #inspirational #living

We do not create life, we create death. ↗

— Marie Symeou

#deep-thoughts #philosophy #realistic #death

You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness. ↗

— Cyrus the Great

#happiness #humor #life #love #philosophy

Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#death

It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death-- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us. ↗

— James Baldwin

#life #philosophy #death

Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from. ↗

— Albert Camus

#philosophy #death

There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#inspirational #peace #philosophy #death

Death is never an excuse to stop living. ↗

— Catherine Johnson

#life #philosophy #death

Three hand-painted signs had been tacked to a broken-down gate. The first read, THE QUIBBLER. EDITOR: X. LOVEGOOD The second, PICK YOUR OWN MISTLETOE The third, KEEP OFF THE DIRIGIBLE PLUMS ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#xenophilius-lovegood #death