“To pursue wisdom is to live in such a way that one is prepared to face death when it comes. (247)”

“The best way to prepare for death is to live life to its fullest. ”

“Recollection of death also serves as a useful preparation for the time when one actually has to face death. As the concluding exercise among the body contemplations, a regular recollection of death can lead to the realization that death is fearful only to the extent to which one identifies with the body. With the aid of the body contemplations one can come to realize the true [impermanent] nature of the body and thereby overcome one's attachment to it. Being free from attachment to the body, one will be freed from any fear of physical death.”

“Death, everyone fears it in one way or another but when I stood in front of it myself, face to face, I felt no fear.”

“I realize that sometimes death comes before you expect it. That while we are rarely prepared for our friends, family and loved ones to die, we are never prepared for our own deaths. Never prepared to reconcile our own regrets.”

“I prepare for death by living.”