“I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.”
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“I have had death threats from people with fixations.”
“Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.”
“People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.”
“Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.”
“The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.”
“Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.”
“My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.”
“More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.”
“Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all.”
“We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.”
“Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.”
“I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.”
“I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century.”
“Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt.”
“For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.”
“The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death.”
“The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.”
“The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death.”
“The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people.”
“The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped.”
“The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.”
“Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.”
“Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.”