Thought for the Day

“Don’t strew me with roses after I’m dead.
When Death claims the light of my brow,
No flowers of life will cheer me: instead
You may give me my roses now!

~ Thomas F. Healey

Thought for the Day

“Death is more universal than life;
everyone dies but not everyone lives.”

~ A. Sachs

Thought for the Day

“Tears are God’s gift to us.
Our holy water.
They heal us as they flow.”

~ Rita Schiano

Thought for the Day

“Sweet is true love that is given in vain,
and sweet is death that takes away pain.”

~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

Thought for the Day

“I am ready to meet my Maker.
Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal
of meeting me is another matter.”

~ Winston Churchill

Thought for the Day

“Death is for many of us the gate of hell;
but we are inside on the way out,
not outside on the way in.”

~ George Bernard Shaw

Thought for the Day

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life.
A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

~ Mark Twain