"How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset." ― George MacDonald Topic(s): Death More From George MacDonald "The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom." "Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life." "It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen." More In Death "No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply."― Billy Graham "Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares."― William Law "The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people."― Stanislav Grof