A Selection of Quotes for Funerals
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. - Buddha
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. - Buddha
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him. - Buddha
We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend. -Robert Louis Stevenson
My idea of man's chief end was to enrich the world with things of beauty, and have a fairly good time myself while doing so. -Robert Louis Stevenson
O Death! thou comest when I had thee least in mind! - Unknown
Death makes no conquest of this conqueror, For now he lives in fame though not in life. - William Shakespeare
Heaven’s calculations don’t follow man’s calculations. - Chinese proverb.
Heaven will not disappoint kind-hearted persons. - Chinese proverb.
Heaven is the place where the donkey at last catches up with the carrot. - Anonymous.
Heaven, I’m in heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak. - Irving Berlin
Until we meet again, may God Hold you in the palm of his hand. -Irish Prayer
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; Love leaves a memory no one can steal - Irish Tombstone
I am who I am today because I knew you.- Anonymous
"Most people go to their graves, with their music still in them." -Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Life is a sport...drink it up." - Michael Jordan
"The past is never dead, it is not even past." ~ William Faulkner
"To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die." ~ Hallowed Ground by Thomas Campbell
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