John Muir Quotes

Not the least of the hardships to which the dying are subject is the visitation of their loved ones. The poor darlings, God bless them, may feel every impulse to condole and console, but their primary sensation is nonetheless one of embarrassment in the presence of the unspeakable and a guilty gratitude that it is not yet their fate.

Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying.

I have a rendezvous with life.

Ageing's a difficult thing, moving closer to death, but it's okay. I've had a good time living, so I'm gonna have a good time dying.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.

We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? What's sustainable is joy, pleasure and freedom.

It is the lot of man but once to die.

I do not fear death, as I cherish life too much.

I may have won the only important lotto ever, which is life, but I am still going to die. We all are.

That’s it?” Jason asked. “You spent an hour talking about how lucky you were to be dying?” No, not dying, Son. Living.

Some people live. Some people die.

Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die.

What we put into every moment is all we have. You can drug yourself to death or you can smoke yourself to death or eat yourself to death, or you can do everything right and be healthy and then get hit by a car. Life is so great, such a neat thing, and yet all during it we have to face death, which can make you nuts and depressed.

Everyone dies. It's a question of where and how, that's all.

Well, so it isn't time yet to die, is it?

Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die.

A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in life and deep in sickness, they become aware of him sitting bedside.

Madam Life's a piece in bloom Death goes dogging everywhere: she's the tenant of the room, he's the ruffian on the stair.

Life is a tragedy, one way or another. What is certain is that you die.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.

Death hath so many doors to let out life.

If one day speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.

Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer.