We have a lot of fear around death, and I thought maybe I can help somebody... I want people to be less scared.
One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.
Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not courting it, either. If you have lived well, it is the fair conclusion to life.
Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death.
To die before one fears to die may be a boon.
Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die.
Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.
Maybe I haven't been tested, but I have no fear of death at all. I was with Allen Ginsberg during the last year of his life, and he called all his friends and said, 'I'm on my way out, and it's kind of exciting.' I see it as kind of exciting, too.
Death isn't something that should necessarily be glorified, but I also don't think it's something that people need to be afraid of. It's just the way it is. There's nothing we can do about it.
I don't think victory over death... is anything so superficial as a person fulfilling their normal span of life. It can be twofold; a victory over death by the man who faces it for himself without fear, and a victory by those who, loving him, know that death is but a little thing compared with the fact that he lived and was the kind of person he was.
I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go. I don't want to die in my sleep, or of old age, or OD... I want to feel what it's like. I want to taste it, hear it, smell it. Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it
No one can avoid death; it is inevitable. Therefore, I should create in my mind a kind of willingness and accepting for that event without any fear.
Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance.
If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
If Christ Jesus be the periode, the end and the lodging-home at the end of your journey, there is no fear ye go to a friend . . . ye may look death in the face with joy.
