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" Some words having to do with the death of the people in the World Trade Center attack had been added, and when I got to it, I had this overwhelmingly emotional experience. I struggled to get through the words; tears were streaming down my cheeks. "

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" The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage. "

J. C. Ryle

Life

Live

Day

" Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia. "

" Death Row inmates are almost twice as expensive to house each year as other inmates. Death penalty trials are much costlier than trials where execution is not a potential punishment and consume more time from judges, public defenders, and other legal personnel. "

" We do not know what love is. We know the symptoms of it, the pleasure, the pain, the fear, the anxiety and so on. We try to solve the symptoms, which becomes a wandering in darkness. We spend our days and nights in this, and it is soon over in death. "

" If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. "

" For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death. "

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Creative

Spiritual

Life

" There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders. "

" The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life. "

" Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. "

" I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it. "

" Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. "

" The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look 'natural,' but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert. "

" Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important. "

" Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. "

Pope John Paul II

War

Always

" Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time. "

" There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. "

" No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. No matter what happens to you, no matter the depth of tragedy or pain you face, no matter how death stalks you and your loved ones, the Resurrection promises you a future of immeasurable good. "

" It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me. "

Francis Ford Coppola

Death

Growing Old

" Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. "

" Death can never kill an idea. Ideas are more powerful than death. Ideas outlive men and can never be destroyed. "

" Once you've stared death in the face, every day is a good day. "

" I am determined to offer an apology with my death. "

" If nothing else, there's comfort in recognising that no matter how much we fail and sin, death will limit our suffering. "

" Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them. "

" There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. "

" To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. "

" I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable. "

" It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. "

" Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead. "

" Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death. "