“The contented have no fear of death.”
Maxims of Chanakya
Variant: The wicked have no friends.
Original
न कृतार्थानां मारणाभयम्
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Chanakya 11
Ancient Indian statesman and philosopher -375–-283 BCRelated quotes
“Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.”
Childhood and Society (1950), p. 269
“People living deeply have no fear of death.”
The Diary Of Anais Nin, Volume Two (1934-1939)
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”
Book II, ch. 1 http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/discourses.2.two.html
Discourses
Variant: For death or pain is not formidable, but the fear of pain or death.
“I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.”
Last statements (1915)
Source: Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass (1977), p.39
Context: Q: What can I do to overcome my fear of death?
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
“Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!”