1 We never bury the dead, son. We take them with us. It’s the price of living. -Mark Goffman and Jose Molina, Sleepy Hollow
It’s only the bodies that are buried after the death. But the burden of lost lives and pain is always within eyes.
2 The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. -Lois McMaster Bujold
The people who have lost their lives for a cause cannot ask for justice now. It’s up to the living to seek their answers.
3 He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us more potent nay, more present than the living man. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The memories of the person who leaves us behind, always stay with us. We tend to cherish their memory more when they’re gone.
4 For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. -William Penn
Death is a passage which we take to ascend to our eternity from our mortal time.
5 A human life is a story told by God. -Hans Christian Andersen
A human has his life written by the almighty. For each holds a lesson and an example.
6 I knew a man who once said, ‘Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.’ -From the movie Gladiator
Death is a phenomenon which is controlled by no man. It cannot be escaped, nor be denied.
7 Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. -From a headstone in Ireland
Death takes away our loved ones leaving behind, the pain of their absence but the love and their memories cannot be stolen.
8 The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. -Seneca
The day we expect our deaths to arrive is actually the day our afterlife begins. No one would wanna depart on the day of their startings.
9 God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. -Author unknown
The balance of life and death is unmatched and necessary and God masters it perfectly.
10 After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. – .K. Rowling
Death can be a new beginning to the mind who is aware of what the beginning and the end is.
11 Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. -George Eliot
Our beloved always remains in our memories until we forget about the fact that they actually ever existed.
12 To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. -Thomas Campbell, Hallowed Ground
To die knowing that people after us will remember us for who we were. Is not death but a peaceful end.
13 From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity. -Edvard Munch
For a man when his body dies is sown into the ground and births flowers in which he lives forever.
14 The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. -Marcus Tullius Cicero
The life and the values of the dead people lie in how we remember them and what all steps we take to cherish and celebrate their lives.
15 Oh, may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again. -George Eliot, The Choir Invisible
Let’s join the choir which sings the songs of those who are immortal in our memories.
16 From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. -Edvard Munch.
Every ending paves the way for new beginnings. In the poetic lines above, Edvard Munch speaks of how from his dead and rotting body, a new life sprouts. That is the beauty of death as it is, rather the start to something beautiful.
17 He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The dead do not leave us. They live through the memories that we cherish of them. The moments that we shared with them is a souvenir that shall forever remind us of their grace and love.
18 Without memory, there is no culture, without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. -Elie Wiesel
Without being mindful of our past, we can never walk into the future. Every culture, every society, is built upon past occurrences. The Day of the Dead is a celebration of memories. On this day we pay respect to those who have bid farewell to us and vow to always keep them alive in our memories.
19 With the tears a Land hath shed, their graves should ever be green. -Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Do not let the graves of the departed be sullied by tears and grief. The memories of our loved ones should always be kept alive in our minds. Their legacy should always be respected and looked up to. They should always be cherished in our hearts.
20 It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died, rather, we should thank God that such men lived.- George S. Patton Jr.
Death isn’t always the end. The departed live through us and our memory of them. The legacy that they leave behind immortalizes them. And we shouldn’t have to mourn their deaths. Instead, we should be proud of them and honor them for the time they spent with us.
21 He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Graves are abodes of angels. Those who have left us rest there in all their glory. It is our duty to respect them and their memory, not by sorrow and mournings but by love and legacy.
22 Of all the gifts that God has blessed mankind with, death is the most beautiful. -Unknown
Death is often shown in art, literature and poetry as a dark and evil entity. But maybe, it really isn’t so. Maybe death is a blessing bestowed upon the mortal. The Day of the Dead is a celebration of it’s beautiful inevitability and glory.
23 Death is not the greatest loss in life, the greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. -Norman Cousins
The greatest loss in life is not death but rather a life that is wasted. There are those who are still alive but die everyday they live. Their lives are mundane and without purpose or meaning. To live such a life is to die incessantly.
24 Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in. -George Bernard Shaw
Maybe hell is not in the afterlife but here on Earth itself. We do not know what lies beyond life but maybe it is a much more peaceful existence. Maybe it’s this treacherous life that is hell.
25 All say, “How hard it is that we have to die”; a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live. -Mark Twain
Death isn’t as bad as they make it to be. If anything, it is an escape. It is the start of something much more beautiful, as most endings are. A long life is not as fanciful as you may think. It is death that adds beauty to life.
26 Why fear your rendezvous with death when it’s nothing short of a wonderful experience? -Unknown
Death is a mysterious experience that is nothing less than beautiful. It is the transient nature of life that makes it so precious. And it’s the end that adds meaning to it. Do not be afraid of death for it is inevitable and everything that your life was leading up to.
27 The dead might have bid farewell to this world, but they will never ever leave us, for they dwell in our hearts and minds. -Unknown
The dead never leave us. They live through us and the memories that they have left behind. It is our duty to keep their legacy alive. They’ll always be with us in our hearts and minds.
28 Death is just the end of our mortal journey and the beginning of another truly wonderful journey. -Unknown
The Day of The Dead is a day for the souls of those who have bid farewell to us. It sees death as not an evil ending but rather the start of a new journey. And maybe there really exists an afterlife. We may never know, but it sure is something to look up to.
29 This is a day to honor and pray for all the beautiful souls in our lives who are no longer living. -Unknown
Dia De Los Muertos is a day in Mexican culture to honor and pray for the souls of all those who left us. It is a day to cherish and pay respect to the lives they led on Earth.
30 As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death. – Leonardo da Vinci
How you feel when death comes for you is linked to how well you lived your life. If you have led a happy and satisfactory life, you will undoubtedly smile in the face of death. It is those who are full of greed and unfulfilled desires that dread the end.
30 Dia De Los Muertos Quotes in 2021 To Celebrate the Day!
1. We never bury the dead, son. We take them with us. It’s the price of living. — Mark Goffman and Jose Molina, Sleepy Hollow
2. The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. — Lois McMaster Bujold
3. He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us more potent — nay, more present — than the living man. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
4. For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. — William Penn
5. A human life is a story told by God. — Hans Christian Andersen
6. I knew a man who once said, ‘Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.’ — From the movie Gladiator
7. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. — From a headstone in Ireland
8. The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. — Seneca
9. God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. — Author unknown
10. After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. — J.K. Rowling
11. Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. — George Eliot
12. To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. — Thomas Campbell, Hallowed Ground
13. From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity. — Edvard Munch
14. The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
15. Oh, may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again. — George Eliot, The Choir Invisible
16. From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. -Edvard Munch.
17. He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
18. Without memory, there is no culture, without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. -Elie Wiesel
19. With the tears a Land hath shed, their graves should ever be green. -Thomas Bailey Aldrich
20. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died, rather, we should thank God that such men lived.- George S. Patton Jr.
21. He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
22. Of all the gifts that God has blessed mankind with, death is the most beautiful. -Unknown
23. Death is not the greatest loss in life, the greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. -Norman Cousins
24. Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in. -George Bernard Shaw
25. All say, “How hard it is that we have to die”; a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live. -Mark Twain
26. Why fear your rendezvous with death when it’s nothing short of a wonderful experience? -Unknown
27. The dead might have bid farewell to this world, but they will never ever leave us, for they dwell in our hearts and minds. -Unknown
28. Death is just the end of our mortal journey and the beginning of another truly wonderful journey. -Unknown
29. This is a day to honor and pray for all the beautiful souls in our lives who are no longer living. -Unknown
30. As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death. – Leonardo da Vinci