“How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus.' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.” PeopleMenStatesGodReligionOrderStuffDifferencesChurchCommonDyingQuietAuthorityHungerIllExcellentOne Man Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of; in nothing on which you might not pray for the blessing of God; in nothing which you could not review with a quiet conscience on your dying bed; in nothing which you might not safely and properly be found doing if death should surprise you in the act.” IfsKnowsShouldMightFoundDyingPrayingBlessingBedQuietConscienceSurpriseReviews Author:Richard Baxter
“death ... so seldom happens nowadays in the awesome quiet of a familiar chamber. Most of us die violently, thanks to the advance of science and warfare. If by chance we are meant to end life in our beds, we are whisked like pox victims to the nearest hospital, where we are kept as alone and unaware as possible of the approach of disintegration.” IfsEndsHappensDiesChanceDyingBedQuietApproachVictimFamiliarThanksHospitalsWarfareChamberDisintegrationPox Author:M. F. K. Fisher
“It could be enough, maybe, or at least a start, but the problem is that at night I tumble into dreams that aren't dreams at all. I tumble into memories and wake up aching for a dying world and a quiet, cold life that offered me nothing but sitting in a still room.” WorldStillsEnoughProblemDreamNightMemoriesRoomsDyingColdQuietSittingWake Up Book:As I Wake Source: As I Wake
“I have seen slower people than I am and more deliberate... and even quieter, and more listless, and lazier people than I am. But they were dead.” PeoplePersonsSelfFunnyDyingPersonalityQuietIronyLazySarcasmSarcasticLazinessDeliberateDeliberationSlownessFunny Sarcastic Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations