“You cannot be born and you cannot die. You will exist in a universe that goes on forever. That is the ultimate horror from the Zen point of view. You could be unhappy forever.” SufferingDiesUniverseBornViewsForeverGoes OnHorrorUltimatePoint Of ViewUnhappy Author:Frederick Lenz
“We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think in fact they do so.” PeopleThinkingWorldFactsDiesViewsEffortOppositesPrejudiceTendenciesConform Book:Mortals and Others Source: Mortals and Others
“But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc.” PeopleIfsHumansHappensDiesProcessViewsDepressionNormalEtcBeing HumanLearning Experience Author:Bob Geldof
“One hope no sooner dies in us but another rises up in its stead. We are apt to fancy that we shall be happy and satisfied if we possess ourselves of such and such particular enjoyments; but either by reason of their emptiness, or the natural inquietude of the mind, we have no sooner gained one point, but we extend our hopes to another. We still find new inviting scenes and landscapes lying behind those which at a distance terminated our view.” IfsMindStillsReasonLyingDiesHopeNaturalViewsBehindsParticularSceneDistanceSatisfiedLandscapeEnjoymentFancyEmptinessInviting Book:The Works: In Six Volumes Source: The Works: In Six Volumes
“My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative view of life.” CharacterTogetherDiesViewsGoes OnSurvivalConservativeRageScreamConservatismBack Together Author:Jane Smiley
“I would die to record in space. That would be the coolest. If I got the option of, going into outer space and hanging out there for a day, and then coming back home and dying the next day, or just waiting around to see if there's any opportunity for the technology to develop so that I might experience outer space sometime in the future, I would probably take the ride today and die tomorrow. I'd be happy just hanging out between the moon and the Earth, getting a view.” IfsHomeMightWould BeTodayEarthDiesNextOpportunityWaitingSpaceViewsTechnologyRecordsDyingTomorrowMoonHanging OutNext DayComing BackBack HomeOuter SpaceWaiting Around Author:Ariel Pink