Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did we would do things differently. Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, "Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

Everything that gets born dies.

If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all.

After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another

The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.

Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.