"Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else." ― Marcus Aurelius Topic(s): Death Tags: death, despise, welcome More From Marcus Aurelius "To live happily is an inward power of the soul." "You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long." "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." More In Death "You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody else’s. But it’s inevitable, so you’d better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable, but it has always been inevitable, if you see what I mean."― David Attenborough "Emigration is no longer a solution; it’s a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they’re knocking on doors that are not open."― Tahar Ben Jelloun "The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."― Thomas Paine