Death is meaningless to the living because they are living, and meaningless to the dead… because they are dead.
EpicurusIt is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
EpicurusIf death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.
EpicurusHe who understands the limits of life knows that it is easy to obtain that which removes the pain of want and makes the whole of life complete and perfect. Thus he has no longer any need of things which involve struggle.
Epicurus