Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.

-Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan

Everything is ridiculous if one thinks of death.

-Thomas Bernhard

End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it!

White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.

-J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Gandalf)

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?

-Epicurus

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation

-Rumi

Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone.

-Jiddu Krishnamurti

Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase "Form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two separate things.

-Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure

It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.

-Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure

Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.

-Sogyal Rinpoche

After all, to the well organized mind, Death is but the next great adventure.

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Albus Dumbledore

10 deep quotes about death that could alter your perception of it