Death is natural and necessary, but not just. It is a random force of nature; survival is equally accidental. Each loss is an occasion to remember that survival is a gift.

Quote by Harriet McBryde Johnson

Topics: Death Quotes, Survival Quotes

Thank God life outlives death.

Thank God life outlives death.

The earth shall inherit the meek and the mighty alike. All are equal before the...

The earth shall inherit the meek and the mighty alike. All are equal before the...

When the people stare at the sky and dream of blessedness, or when they quiver...

When the people stare at the sky and dream of blessedness, or when they quiver...

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a...

When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a...

I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to...

I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to...

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster,...

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster,...

When youre thirty youre almost over the hill. When youre seventy the hills almost over...

When youre thirty youre almost over the hill. When youre seventy the hills almost over...

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches,...

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches,...

I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which...

I've done a fair share of stupid things in my life, a couple of which...

If creating life is art, then living and dying must be poetry.

If creating life is art, then living and dying must be poetry.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Advice after injury is like medicine after death.

Advice after injury is like medicine after death.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no...

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no...

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value