Life & Death Sayings

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

May the evil-doer perish, and may the good be rewarded according to their deeds.

Abstain from the flesh of beasts that die of themselves.

Let us now relieve the Romans of their fears by the death of a feeble old man.

Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death.

The root of suffering is attachment.

You shall not murder.

Let the dead bury their own dead.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

The greatest paradox of life is that death is the ultimate goal.

Attachment is the root of all suffering.

Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?

Much suffering is caused by the humors.

I have no fear of death, only of dishonor.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

Let all historical records but those of Qin be destroyed.

I did not allow anyone to terrorize the land of Sumer and Akkad.

I have had this inscription of Dhamma engraved that men may conform to it and that it may endure for a long time.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher by which no human suffering is therapeutically treated.

Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.