"Do not be joyful almong the mourners!" ~~ Mishle Agur
"If your time has not come, even the doctor will not succeed in killing you." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Man enters the world with closed hands, as if to say, “The world is mine”; he leaves with open hands, as if to say, “I take nothing with me.”" ~~ Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 5:14
"When a righteous man is born, it is a boon to the world; when one dies it is a bane." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"Lord, let me know my end, and what the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am!" ~~ Psalms/Tehillim 39:5
"Death and life are in the power of one’s tongue. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 18:21
"Many have drunk from this cup of mourning and many will drink." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Man cannot die twice or escape from dying once." ~~ Mishle Yoav
"The righteous man perishes and no one lays it to heart." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 57:1
"I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. " ~~ Woody Allen
"There is no good thing in this world which will not be better in the next." ~~ Hegyon Hanefesh
"May my death atone for all my sins!" ~~ Talmud, Berakhot