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while living, also live with death. Then death is not something far away, death is not something which is at the end of one’s life, brought about by some accident, disease or old age, but rather an ending to all the things of memory – that is death, a death not separate from living.
Mary Lutyens • The Life and Death of Krishnamurti
But in reality, the very existence of Death also propels us to do some of the most meaningful things that Life has to offer.
Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That
(1) Remember that Life and Death live on the same side of the same coin. Death is not idly waiting for us at the end of our journeys—no, it is always with us in the lives we lead now. Being acutely aware of this allows us to reflect on what really matters, and keeps us open to the new perspectives that Life has in store for us.
Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That
Death might appear to destroy the meaning in our lives, but in fact it is the very source of our creativity. As Kafka said, “The meaning of life is that it ends.” Death is the engine that keeps us running, giving us the motivation to achieve, learn, love, and create. Philosophers have proclaimed this for thousands of years just as vehemently as we
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Doesn’t the final meaning of life, too, reveal itself, if at all, only at its end, on the verge of death?