Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give."
Before Death quotes
Before Death
15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Elijah Muhammad
Religious Leader
"Whatever good works ye send on before [death]... ye shall find with God."
Ray Bradbury
Author
"Everything that happens before Death is what counts."
May Sarton
Poet
"We are all, whether we know it or not, in search of a way to enrich, to drink during the fizz, to inhale deeper our gifts, in a desperation for some little understanding before death."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Activist, Author
"I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death."
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"The capital-T Truth is about life before death. It is about making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot yourself in the head."
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"An artist conscientiously moves in a direction which for some good reason he takes, putting one work in front of the other with the hope he'll arrive before death overtakes him."
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