Socrates Quotes on Death & Dying (6 Quotes)

Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.

Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness for that runs faster than death.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

I am quite ready to acknowledge ... that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of this I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and to men departed who are better than those whom I leave behind. And therefore I do not grieve as I might have done, for I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead.