I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and read more

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived.

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, read more

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life read more

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that read more

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.

Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying

Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying

Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set

Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are read more

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.