fearlessness in the face of death Quotes

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

Look: We hate nothing that exists, not even death, suffering and dying, does not horrify our souls, as long as we learn more deeply to love.

Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said, "The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything." Never to be afraid of anything, even death, which, after all, is but that final breakthrough into the open, waiting, outstretched arms of Abba.

You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death.

What greater gift is there than to demonstrate you need not fear death?

None will be able to resist truth and love and sincerity. Are you sincere? Unselfish even unto death, and loving? Then fear not, not even death.

I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.

Proud, then, clear-eyed and laughing, go to greet Death as a friend!

It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid.

Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.