Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Death--some form of termination--is the universal ending of all living things but only man, by virtue of his verbally reportable introspective life, can conceptualize his own cessation.
Edwin S. Shneidman
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Edwin S. Shneidman
Age: 91 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 13
Died: 2009
Died: May 15
Psychologist
Sociologist
Jórvík
Men
Introspective
Life
Ending
Universal
Virtue
Living
Conceptualize
Death
Cessation
Form
Termination
Things
Verbally
More quotes by Edwin S. Shneidman
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a loved one and to continue to treasure the memory of that loss is one of our noblest human traits.
Edwin S. Shneidman
Hindsight is not only clearer than perception-in-the-moment but also unfair to those who actually lived through the moment.
Edwin S. Shneidman
Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.
Edwin S. Shneidman