“For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing.”
Garrett Fort (1900–1945) screenwriter
Dracula, to Van Helsing, who has discovered his secret
Dracula (1931)
“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”
As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) edited by Larry Chang, p. 193
This is actually a pithy modern-day 'summary' of the "Abhaya Sutta" (AN 4.184). It appears in "Buddha’s Little Instruction Book" by Jack Kornfield (p88).
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