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Thomas à Kempis

Happy is the man who hath the hour of his death always before his eyes, and daily prepareth himself to die.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo·1716

Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead.

Siddhartha Gautama·500 BC

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.